One Hello by Cass Thompson

Welcome to One Hello by Cass Thompson! The place where we help smart, ambitious professionals build authentic relationships for success in all areas of their lives. Why? Because people make work and life better.

One Hello by Cass Thompson is a society podcast hosted by Cassandra Thompson, with 116 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  One Hello by Cass Thompson

  Your Life Is Customized—People Shouldn't Be | Why Being Alone Feels Easier #3

  Sep 14, 202616 min

  We customize almost everything in our lives now—our schedules, entertainment, coffee orders, social feeds, shopping, even the people and interests the algorithms put in front of us.But I think all that customization is changing what we expect from relationships, too.We’re getting increasingly used to people who match our interests, values, life stage, communication style and schedule. And when someone doesn’t? It has become very easy to decide they’re simply “not my kind of person.”I call this the Chipotle Effect: getting exactly what we want in so many areas of life is shrinking our tolerance for the parts of human relationships we didn’t personally select.In this episode, I’m talking about why customized schedules make connection harder, how social media and niche communities affect who we interact with, why compatibility and connection are not the same thing, and one simple way to become more curious about people who aren’t exactly like you.This is Part 3 of Why Being Alone Feels Easier Now—and Why That’s a Problem, my three-part series on Convenience, Customization and Comfort.▶️ WATCH NEXT: Comfort Is Shrinking Your Social Life | Why Being Alone Feels Easier #2https://youtu.be/e_IljnosUos▶️ WATCH THE FULL SERIES: Why Being Alone Feels Easier Now—and Why That’s a Problemhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPR9OKla3Re8I speak to organizations about workplace connection, authentic networking, and the small relationship-building habits that help people communicate better, collaborate more easily, and feel less alone at work.If your team or audience needs a more honest, practical conversation about connection, learn more or inquire here:https://www.cassthompson.com/speakerOr email me at Cass@cassthompson.comWant to reach out but not sure what to say? Get the FREE "But What Do I Say?!?" Connection Messages Guidebook to steal our words and take them as your own!https://www.cassthompson.com/connectionSHOP AMAZON to See our Favorite Things!It's no extra cost to you but it does give us a small percentage for giving you the recommendation.SHOP → → → https://amzn.to/2QfWCV8If you want to see EXACTLY what I buy, check out all my Favorites in my store HERE:www.amazon.com/shop/cassthompsonINFO Check out our Founder's other channel for job search advice: https://www.youtube.com/c/cassthompsonconsultingABOUTThis isn’t your grandpa’s networking.What if you stopped networking and instead started building intentional, authentic relationships?What if you made building authentic relationships a part of your weekly and monthly goals? What if you met cool people just for the sake of meeting cool people, and you allowed yourself to see where it takes you?At One Hello, we discourage “networking” for the sake of leverage and, instead, help you focus on building real relationships.When networking feels less transactional and more like it should (like it’s enriching our lives), that’s the sweet spot!DISCLOSURE Thank you for trusting me with my honest and reliable opinion on any future purchase you may make. I always disclose affiliate or sponsored information when it is the case. As a part of our community, you allow me to earn a small commission if you make a purchase through my affiliate/referral links. This doesn't affect you in any way in the checkout process unless I've been able to arrange a discount for you that is special from other customers.

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  How Comfort Is Making Connection Harder | Why Being Alone Feels Easier #2

  Sep 8, 202615 min

  Life has become incredibly comfortable. We have heated seats, Lightning Lane, towel warmers, temperature-controlled mugs, hotel-room gadgets, and a phone ready to rescue us from thirty seconds of boredom.That comfort feels good. It has also made the ordinary discomfort of dealing with people feel much bigger than it is.Meeting someone is nerve-wracking. Walking into an event alone is nerve-wracking. Calling instead of texting, inviting someone who might say no, driving across town to see a friend, or sitting through an awkward pause all require a little discomfort.You do not get socially confident and then start talking to people. You start talking to people, and that is how you become socially confident.This episode looks at why comfort is a terrible predictor of what will actually make us feel good, what the commuter study discovered when people talked to strangers, and how to rebuild your social confidence through a 10% discomfort challenge.**WATCH NEXT:** I Also Live Alone. Here's What Those Viral Loneliness Videos Are Missing → https://youtu.be/mtgMXbbf8kQ**START WITH PART 1:** Life Got More Convenient. So Why Are We Lonelier? → https://youtu.be/EZOPxu-Fn4Q 00:00 Travel & Comfort02:23 Disneyland & Comfort03:32 Everyday Comfort04:25 Comfort vs. Connection06:02 Social Skills Are a Muscle08:59 The Commuter Study10:50 10% Micro Moments14:21 Call to Action **RESEARCH MENTIONED:**- Kaitlin Woolley and Ayelet Fishbach, *Motivating Personal Growth by Seeking Discomfort* (2022): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35348014/- Juliana Schroeder and Nicholas Epley, *Mistakenly Seeking Solitude* (2014), University of Chicago Booth research summary: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/media-relations-and-communications/press-releases/mom-was-wrong-you-should-talk-to-strangers 00:00 Travel & Comfort02:23 Disneyland & Comfort03:32 Everyday Comfort04:25 Comfort vs. Connection06:02 Social Skills Are a Muscle08:59 The Commuter Study10:50 10% Micro Moments14:21 Call to ActionI speak to organizations about workplace connection, authentic networking, and the small relationship-building habits that help people communicate better, collaborate more easily, and feel less alone at work.If your team or audience needs a more honest, practical conversation about connection, learn more or inquire here:https://www.cassthompson.com/speakerOr email me at Cass@cassthompson.comSHOP AMAZON to See our Favorite Things! It's no extra cost to you but it does give us a small percentage for giving you the recommendationSHOP → → → https://amzn.to/2QfWCV8If you want to see EXACTLY what I buy, check out all my Favorites, in my store HERE: www.amazon.com/shop/cassthompsoncareeradviceINFO Check out our Founder's other channel for job search advice: https://www.youtube.com/c/cassthompsonconsultingABOUTThis isn’t your grandpa’s networking.What if you stopped networking and instead started building intentional, authentic relationships?What if you made building authentic relationships a part of your weekly and monthly goals? What if you met cool people just for the sake of meeting cool people, and you allowed yourself to see where it takes you?At One Hello, we discourage “networking” for the sake of leverage and, instead, help you focus on building real relationships.When networking feels less transactional and more like it should (like it’s enriching our lives), that’s the sweet spot!DISCLOSURE Thank you for trusting me with my honest and reliable opinion on any future purchase you may make. I always disclose affiliate or sponsored information when it is the case. As a part of our community, you allow me to earn a small commission if you make a purchase through my affiliate/referral links. This doesn't affect you in any way in the checkout process unless I've been able to arrange a discount for you that is special from other customers.

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  One Hello by Cass Thompson

  Life Got More Convenient. So Why Are We Lonelier? | Why Being Alone Feels Easier #1

  Aug 31, 202615 min

  Life has never been more convenient—but that convenience has quietly removed people from ordinary life.You can mobile-order coffee, get your Target order placed in your trunk, have groceries left at your door, DoorDash dinner, and go through an entire Saturday without really talking to anyone.Each tool saves time. But together, they’ve removed many of the casual interactions that used to help us feel connected to the world around us.In Part 1 of Why Being Alone Feels Easier, I’m looking at what convenience erased, why connection now feels like another task we have to schedule, how people themselves began to feel inconvenient, and one small way to start putting people back into the equation.WATCH NEXT:▶ The Health Advice No One Ever Told You: Social Healthhttps://youtu.be/0Qc_iLrgQ8A▶ I Also Live Alone. Here’s What Those Viral Loneliness Videos Are Missing.https://youtu.be/mtgMXbbf8kQ▶ Part 2: How Comfort Is Keeping Us From Connection00:00 The Saturday Scenario01:32 What Convenience Removed03:22 The Research06:42 Convenience Makes People Feel Inconvenient08:51 What You Can Do11:52 The BalanceRESEARCH AND SOURCES:Is Efficiency Overrated? Minimal Social Interactions Lead to Belonging and Positive Affecthttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1948550613502990Social Interactions and Well-Being: The Surprising Power of Weak Tieshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24769739/The Art and Science of Connection by Kasley Killamhttps://www.kasleykillam.com/social-health-bookI speak to organizations about workplace connection, authentic networking, and the small relationship-building habits that help people communicate better, collaborate more easily, and feel less alone at work.If your team or audience needs a more honest, practical conversation about connection, learn more or inquire here:https://www.cassthompson.com/speakerOr email me at Cass@cassthompson.comWant to reach out but not sure what to say? Get the FREE "But What Do I Say?!?" Connection Messages Guidebook to steal our words and take them as your own!https://www.cassthompson.com/connectionSHOP AMAZON to See our Favorite Things!It's no extra cost to you but it does give us a small percentage for giving you the recommendationSHOP → → → https://amzn.to/2QfWCV8If you want to see EXACTLY what I buy, check out all my Favorites, in my store HERE:www.amazon.com/shop/cassthompson#Loneliness #HumanConnection #SocialHealthINFO Check out our Founder's other channel for job search advice: https://www.youtube.com/c/cassthompsonconsultingABOUTThis isn’t your grandpa’s networking.What if you stopped networking and instead started building intentional, authentic relationships?What if you made building authentic relationships a part of your weekly and monthly goals? What if you met cool people just for the sake of meeting cool people, and you allowed yourself to see where it takes you?At One Hello, we discourage “networking” for the sake of leverage and, instead, help you focus on building real relationships.When networking feels less transactional and more like it should (like it’s enriching our lives), that’s the sweet spot!DISCLOSURE Thank you for trusting me with my honest and reliable opinion on any future purchase you may make. I always disclose affiliate or sponsored information when it is the case. As a part of our community, you allow me to earn a small commission if you make a purchase through my affiliate/referral links. This doesn't affect you in any way in the checkout process unless I've been able to arrange a discount for you that is special from other customers.

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  The Health Advice No One Ever Told You

  Aug 24, 202622 min

  I speak to organizations about workplace connection, authentic networking, and the small relationship-building habits that help people communicate better, collaborate more easily, and feel less alone at work.If your team or audience needs a more honest, practical conversation about connection, learn more or inquire here:https://www.cassthompson.com/speakerOr email me at Cass@cassthompson.comWe pay a lot of attention to our physical health. We track our sleep, protein, workouts, supplements, even our VO2 max. And over the last 20 years, we’ve gotten much better at talking about our mental health too.But there is a third part of our health most of us aren’t thinking about nearly enough: **social health.**So many of the interactions that used to happen naturally have disappeared from our lives. We can work, order food, exercise, shop and entertain ourselves without speaking to anyone. We thought about what we were gaining, but we didn’t think nearly enough about what we were losing.This is about why connection isn’t just nice to have, how to look at your own social health through **structure, function and quality**, and where to start if one of those areas needs attention.And no, this does not mean you need to become an extrovert, find 50 friends or suddenly have plans five nights a week.It does mean people probably need to move a little higher on the priority list.**WATCH NEXT:** 10 BEST Places to Meet NEW People In 2024 → [VIDEO LINK]**ALSO MENTIONED:** The self-care advice that can quietly make loneliness worse →https://youtu.be/jiEFbteup9E What the viral loneliness videos are missing → https://youtu.be/mtgMXbbf8kQ Over the next three episodes, I’m also looking at three things making connection harder in modern life: convenience, customization and comfort.00:00 The Missing Piece of the Health Puzzle02:27 What Is Social Health?03:10 How Connection Stopped Happening15:35 The Framework: Structure, Function, Quality19:39 Where to Start**SOURCES & RESEARCH:**- U.S. Surgeon General, *Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation* — social connection framework and health evidence: https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-social-connection-advisory.pdf- Sommerlad et al., *Association of social contact with dementia and cognition: 28-year follow-up of the Whitehall II cohort study*: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31374073/- Cohen et al., *Does Hugging Provide Stress-Buffering Social Support?*: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797614559284- Smith et al., *The association between loneliness, social isolation and inflammation*: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32092313/- Berkman and Syme, *Social networks, host resistance, and mortality*: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/425958/- Sandstrom and Dunn, *Social Interactions and Well-Being: The Surprising Power of Weak Ties*: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24769739/Want to reach out but not sure what to say? Get the FREE "But What Do I Say?!?" Connection Messages Guidebook to steal our words and take them as your own! https://www.cassthompson.com/connectionSHOP AMAZON to See our Favorite Things! It's no extra cost to you but it does give us a small percentage for giving you the recommendationSHOP → → → https://amzn.to/2QfWCV8If you want to see EXACTLY what I buy, check out all my Favorites, in my store HERE: www.amazon.com/shop/cassthompsoncareeradviceINFO Check out our Founder's other channel for job search advice: https://www.youtube.com/c/cassthompsonconsulting DISCLOSURE Thank you for trusting me with my honest and reliable opinion on any future purchase you may make. I always disclose affiliate or sponsored information when it is the case. As a part of our community, you allow me to earn a small commission if you make a purchase through my affiliate/referral links. This doesn't affect you in any way in the checkout process unless I've been able to arrange a discount for you that is special from other customers.

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  One Hello by Cass Thompson

  Stop Looking for the Right People and Start Building Real Relationships

  Aug 3, 20268 min

  I speak to organizations about workplace connection, authentic networking, and the small relationship-building habits that help people communicate better, collaborate more easily, and feel less alone at work.If your team or audience needs a more honest, practical conversation about connection, learn more or inquire here:https://www.cassthompson.com/speaker Or email me at Cass@cassthompson.comAfter returning from a conference, Cass Thompson argues that career- or life-changing connections often come from people others overlook while chasing “the right” contacts. She explains that while it’s wise to choose rooms aligned with your goals, ranking or dismissing people based on titles is shortsighted because you don’t know who someone knows—or how they might help. Cass shares her experience being taken seriously when she worked in TV but ignored as a career coach at an industry mixer, and recounts how a lunch meeting led her to introduce a recent grad to a recruiter, resulting in a long-term job at Riot Games. She emphasizes authentic relationship-building: talk to everyone, follow up with people you genuinely like, and avoid status-driven networking.00:00 Hidden Networking Wins00:31 Right Rooms Myth01:25 Stop Ranking People01:59 Dismissed By Title02:49 Lunch That Changed Careers05:15 Why You Cant Predict05:48 Authentic Follow Ups06:25 Dont Chase Status06:41 Conference Speaker Chaser07:30 Final Networking ChallengeWant to reach out but not sure what to say? Get the FREE "But What Do I Say?!?" Connection Messages Guidebook to steal our words and take them as your own! https://www.cassthompson.com/connectionSHOP AMAZON to See our Favorite Things! It's no extra cost to you but it does give us a small percentage for giving you the recommendationSHOP → → → https://amzn.to/2QfWCV8If you want to see EXACTLY what I buy, check out all my Favorites, in my store HERE: www.amazon.com/shop/cassthompsoncareeradviceINFO Check out our Founder's other channel for job search advice: https://www.youtube.com/c/cassthompsonconsultingABOUTThis isn’t your grandpa’s networking.What if you stopped networking and instead started building intentional, authentic relationships?What if you made building authentic relationships a part of your weekly and monthly goals? What if you met cool people just for the sake of meeting cool people, and you allowed yourself to see where it takes you?At One Hello, we discourage “networking” for the sake of leverage and, instead, help you focus on building real relationships.When networking feels less transactional and more like it should (like it’s enriching our lives), that’s the sweet spot!DISCLOSURE Thank you for trusting me with my honest and reliable opinion on any future purchase you may make. I always disclose affiliate or sponsored information when it is the case. As a part of our community, you allow me to earn a small commission if you make a purchase through my affiliate/referral links. This doesn't affect you in any way in the checkout process unless I've been able to arrange a discount for you that is special from other customers. Thank you for supporting this channel!

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