Why Friends at Work Make You a Better Person

<p>Shasta Nelson, Friendship Expert, Speaker & Author, joins this episode of the Social Pros Podcast to talk about the importance of cultivating meaningful friendships with our co-workers and how our relationships impact our health, happiness, longevity, and personal growth.</p> <p>Huge thanks to our amazing sponsors for helping us make this happen. Please support them; we couldn't do it without their help! This week:</p> <p><a href="https://sforce.co/2U5DPt4"><strong>Salesforce Marketing Cloud</strong></a></p> <p><a href= "https://socialmedia.org/socialpros/"><strong>SocialMedia.org</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Cultivate Workplace Friendships</strong></p> <p>Did you know that <strong>70% of our happiness comes down to our relationships</strong>? Yet, we often focus more on the remaining 30% and neglect to give the other 70% the attention and effort it really deserves.</p> <p>If you want to be an overall happier and healthier person, Friendship Expert, Speaker & Author, Shasta Nelson, believes it starts and ends with your friendships. As adults, we spend a lot of our time at work. We meet the same people every day and we strike up the same small chat around the water cooler. However, in a world where loneliness is on the rise even before the pandemic, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to <strong>foster meaningful relationships in the workplace.</strong></p> <p>Shasta states that it’s “<strong><em>almost impossible to be happy if you don’t have meaningful relationships</em></strong>,” and provides compelling evidence to support her claims that <strong>having friends at work makes you a better and happier person.</strong></p> <p><strong>In This Episode:</strong></p> <ul> <li>05:52 - Why Shasta is so passionate about helping others cultivate friendships at work</li> <li>08:24 - Why some companies fail to facilitate friendships within the workplace</li> <li>13:27 - The correlation between sales success and relationship building with clients</li> <li>15:52 - The three requirements that every healthy relationship nee