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Jan 2021
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WorkLife: We don’t have to fight lonelin...

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Today, an episode from WorkLife with Adam Grant, another TED podcast.

Many workplaces have become increasingly lonely, even before the coronavirus pandemic made more of us literally remote. It’s not just an unpleasant feeling—loneliness can hurt our health and our job performance. Find out why it's time for happy hours to finally die—and how it might take less than a minute to start building real connections.

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