5 Key Insights on Staying Meaningfully Connected

从寻找目的到感到敬畏，再到重新思考某些沟通习惯，以下是我们深入了解联系的5个关键收获

迈克尔·米勒（Michael Miller） - 2019年12月24日

1.保持更大的目标

想要过着漫长而令人满意的生活吗？确保您对生活的目标有清晰的意义。有趣的研究发现，有目标感可以帮助您晚上睡得更好，使您的大脑对像阿尔茨海默氏症这样的疾病更具弹性，并帮助您的生活几乎是那些没有的人的两倍。很容易陷入日常生活的细节，并失去与您的更大目标的联系，但是越来越多的研究表明，这并不是要忽略的。

2.寻找给您带来鸡皮s的经验

What’s the secret elixir of connection? Experiencing awe.越来越多的研究发现，经历敬畏使人们变得更加友善，更快乐，更慷慨。他们感到与他人的联系更加紧密，并使他们的原因对他们很重要。实际上，即使只记得敬畏的经历也会产生这些影响。“好处是深远的，” Awe研究员Dacher Keltner说。“寻找给您带来鸡皮s的经历。”

3. Take 3 minutes – or 3 days – to connect with the natural world

As a culture, we’re experiencing a widespread crisis of disconnection, and according to a growing body of research, one primary cause may be a lack of connection with nature. “That’s precisely what we’re seeing in people,” says Ming Kuo, a researcher at the University of Illinois who has been studying nature’s effect on humans for over 30 years. “We know this because we have mounting evidence that when you have a set of people who have a certain amount of access to nature and you give them a bit more, you see better social functioning, better psychological functioning, and better physical health.”

4.优先与人建立联系

The research is clear: strong social connections predict the quantity and quality of our days. “The only thing that really matters in life are your relationships to other people,” says George Vaillant, the longtime director of the Harvard Grant Study. So in an era marked by loneliness and superficial connection, how can we build the connections we need to thrive?

5.与健康的沟通方式保持积极的联系

Communication in the workplace is a constant challenge. Fortunately, research on emotions and the brain has helped clarify key communication tools to sustain positive connections, even during difficult conversations. This series of articles offer tips for finding the perfect balance of清晰，问责和同情。

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