“I've worked with farmers in Zimbabwe who've lost their lands. I've worked with people in Venezuela, under threat of kidnappings, whose external world is unstable. But they have very strong social connections with their family and friends. And as a result, they're able to maintain a greater level of happiness and optimism than I've seen from bankers, consultants, or salespeople who are on the road all the time, who follow jobs separated from their families, and, as a result, find themselves missing out on the happiness that comes from those very connections that they severed.” PeopleWorldAbleJobsLostStrongSocialLevelsResultsGreaterLandMissingConnectionsOptimismThreatFarmersVery StrongFamily And FriendsBankersUnstableKidnappingVenezuelaConsultantsZimbabweMissing OutSalespeople Author:Shawn Achor
“The recurring theme of all religions is a sympathy, empathy, connection, capacity between the human and the divine - that we were made for union with one another. They might express this through different rituals, doctrines, dogmas, or beliefs, but at the higher levels they're talking about the same goal. And the goal is always union with the divine.” HumansMadeDifferentMightBeliefGoalLevelsTalkingDivineHigherEmpathyCapacityConnectionsUnionsDoctrineThemeRitualDogmaHigher LevelRecurringRecurring Themes Author:Richard Rohr
“There are certain jobs I don't take because I feel no connection to the person. But if somebody is open with me, and honest about their motivations, and has some level of self-awareness, then I'm going to understand them.” IfsFeelsPersonsSelfJobsMotivationCertainLevelsHonestAwarenessConnectionsSelf Awareness Author:Hilary Liftin
“I find it fascinating that sport has such a strong connection to success in business. Arguably, C-suite women are some of the most successful women, and more than half of them played at a more advanced level than just the general population of women in business that had sport in their background.” StrongSportsLevelsHalfSuccessfulConnectionsPopulationBackgroundsFascinatingBusiness SuccessSuccessful WomenBusiness WomanStrong Connection Author:Beth Brooke
“The animals are at a level prior to thinking. They haven't lost themselves in thought. We rise above thinking and then we meet them again, where we're both in no-thought. There's a deep connection.” ThinkingLostAnimalLevelsHavensConnectionsRise AboveDeep Connections Author:Eckhart Tolle
“General Systems Theory is a name which has come into use to describe a level of theoretical model-building which lies somewhere between the highly generalized constructions of pure mathematics and the specific theories of the specialized disciplines. Mathematics attempts to organize highly general relationships into a coherent system, a system however which does not have any necessary connections with the "real" world around us. It studies all thinkable relationships abstracted from any concrete situation or body of empirical knowledge.” WorldDoeRealUseBodyLyingNamesLevelsSituationStudyBuildingTheoryDisciplinePureModelsConnectionsMathematicsReal WorldConstructionConcreteOrganizeTheoreticalThinkableSystems Theory Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“I want my pictures to cut through political abstractions... and make a connection on a human level.” WantHumansPoliticalLevelsCuttingPhotographyConnectionsAbstraction Author:James Nachtwey
“You will learn that at higher levels of energy, our fields of prayer act very quickly to bring us exactly what we expect. If we fear, it brings to us what we fear. If we hate, it brings us more of what we hate. Thankfully when we go into these negative expectations, our prayer-fields collapse rather quickly because we lose our connection with the divine and are no longer outflowing love. But a fear expectation can still be powerful. That is why you must monitor your expectations carefully and set your field consciously.” IfsStillsHateEnergyLosesPrayerLevelsPowerfulFieldsDivineHigherExpectationsNegativeConnectionsCollapseOur PrayersHigher Level Author:James Redfield
“That's what Jamie didn't understand: it was never just sex. Even the fastest, dirtiest, most impersonal screw was about more than sex. It was about connection. It was about looking at another human being and seeing your own loneliness and neediness reflected back. It was recognising that together you had the power to temporarily banish that sense of isolation. It was about experiencing what it was to be human at the basest, most instinctive level. How could that be described as just anything?” HumansTogetherSexHuman BeingsLevelsSeeingLonelinessConnectionsIsolationScrewsJamieNeediness Book:Taming the Beast Source: Taming the Beast
“Having emotional connections to things that don't really exist, like looking at a green ball and really loving that green ball, and being sad whether it's around or not. Stuff like that. I've never done acting at this level before so it was a huge challenge for me. It was a hurdle to overcome just to survive.” DoneStuffChallengesLevelsActingEmotionalHugeConnectionsOvercomingBallsGreenHurdleBeing SadEmotional Connection Author:Shia LaBeouf
“Most sex doesn't really bring people together. You have to reach a certain level of connection, I think, and that's pretty rare.” PeopleThinkingTogetherCertainSexLevelsConnections Author:Erica Jong