In 2018, only 53% of Americans said they had meaningful interactions with other people. The revelation came from a study fielded by Cigna, in which 20,000 adults were surveyed about their daily interactions. The goal of the study was to measure how lonely or isolated people felt. Each respondent was given a loneliness score and by the end of the study, Cigna determined that most U.S. adults are very lonely.
Now place this reality inside of everything life demands of us working on business teams, introducing ourselves to new people and asking them to invest in our dreams. If we’ve lost the ability to truly connect, as the study suggests, how can we accomplish those things?