Pandemic Isolation Thwarted

When I worked full time and all out, I engaged in awkward connection dances to forward my business and professional career. They centered on finding people who could help —a new job, an award, critical information, speaking engagements, and sales leads. The entire experience of quick conversations, hearty handshakes, and business card exchanges was tiresome, enervating, and degrading. I put up a charmingly strong front, but inside I felt like a pauper begging for a handout. Most of those business cards ended up in the wastebasket. In the end, people important in my business life evolved into personal friendships. With patience and kindness I found people with on common beliefs and values. Through shared experiences and shared knowledge we can to rely on each other.