5/20/2023 0 Comments Vivek h murthy together![]() It also affects how others see them in a negative way. When workers are lonely, it takes a toll on their engagement which in turn impacts their productivity and creativity. In the workplace, there is a growing body of data from the University of Pennsylvania and Wharton School of Business that this is really common among people in the workplace. Murthy: Whenever we struggle with a problem that we can’t share, it further isolates us. I don’t want people to think something’s wrong with me because most people are not lonely.” So you’re saying part of the epidemic is that people are living lonely lives of quiet desperation and can’t admit it? ![]() Robinson: Some business people reading this interview might say, “I feel lonely, but I don’t want anybody to know. And nobody wants to feel that way about themselves. One of the reasons I never told my parents was there’s a feeling among many- and certainly it was true for me when I was young-that if you’re lonely, you’re somehow not likable. But because of the stigma associated with loneliness, there are people who struggle who don’t talk about it and have trouble admitting to themselves that they’re lonely. ![]() When most people think about loneliness they think about feelings, but they don’t recognize it’s exceedingly common. Robinson: I would imagine that the average person doesn’t understand that loneliness has a physical component to it. ![]()
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