{"id":6748,"date":"2017-08-07T15:45:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T15:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ukgcucco0.web01.sundaramdesign.com\/?p=6748"},"modified":"2017-08-07T15:45:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T15:45:09","slug":"i-challenge-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/i-challenge-you\/","title":{"rendered":"I Challenge You"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I\u2019m writing this because I believe that Coworking can help change the world one human at a time. We can make people less lonely by providing a space for community and connection.\u00a0Loneliness is at an epidemic level in our society and I believe that Coworking can help. Coworking spaces make people less lonely.\u00a0In research with Emergent Research and GCUC we found in 2015 that:<\/p>\n

83% reported feeling less lonely<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

I feel very passionate that we are in a mental health crisis and we need to rise up and help our fellow humans.\u00a0I heard about this research from Casper Ter Kuile of the Harvard Divinity School at GCUC in May and gasped:<\/p>\n

Published in the American Sociological Review (ASR) and authored by Miller McPhearson, Lynn Smith-Lovin, and Matthew Brashears, sociologists at Duke and the University of Arizona, the study featured 1,500 face-to-face interviews where more than a quarter of the respondents \u2014<\/em>\u00a0one in four\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u2014 said that they have no one with whom they can talk about their personal troubles or triumphs. If family members are not counted, the number doubles to more than half of Americans who have no one outside their immediate family with whom they can share confidences. Sadly, the researchers noted increases in \u201csocial isolation\u201d and \u201ca very significant decrease in social connection to close friends and family.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

We are so busy being connected on technology that we are disconnected in life. We\u2019re are walking into traffic because we\u2019re looking at our phones. We\u2019re killing ourselves and others while texting and driving. We\u2019re committing suicide and getting lost in addiction in record numbers. We\u2019re feeling not good enough when we see photoshopped, filtered and glamorized perfect photos on instagram. We\u2019re constantly bombarded by images and not paying attention to those right in front of us.<\/p>\n

Here are my challenges to you:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • This weekend\u00a0disconnect from social media (note how many times you are triggered to check but don\u2019t give in) – Be where your feet are<\/li>\n
  • Just for today look EVERY person whose path you cross\u00a0in the eye and smile and acknowledge them, really see them.\u00a0You will\u00a0be amazed how much better your day is and might just make someone else’s day<\/li>\n
  • STOP taking phone calls when you\u2019re in a conversation with another human, it\u2019s not okay. In fact it is rude. What you\u2019re saying is – you’re not as important as this other person.<\/li>\n
  • Don\u2019t take your phone to meals, concentrate on the food and people. Something magical happens when people break bread but not if you\u2019re not paying attention.<\/li>\n
  • Take a deep breath, close your eyes (do it) and think for a moment about some of the lovely souls we lost and whom you might call today just to say hello – I know a name will come to you.\u00a0(okay now do it for reals) CALL THEM.\u00a0Just say\u2026 \u201cHow are you today?\u201d<\/li>\n
  • If you\u2019re a coworking operator, work harder I know it\u2019s hard but the world needs us<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    In the end we\u2019re all just humans and deserve to be acknowledged and treated well and I bet we all can agree that love is the answer.\u00a0Now go change the world, one human to another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I\u2019m writing this because I believe that Coworking can help change the world one human at a time. We can make people less lonely by providing a space for community and connection.\u00a0Loneliness is at an epidemic level in our society and I believe that Coworking can help. Coworking spaces make people less lonely.\u00a0In research with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[13,15,81],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6748"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}