What a lovely article. Honest and brave. I have recently moved from the USA to the UK because frankly, even after 39 years of work and family life over there, I never felt like I had made genuine friends. Sure I had mets lots of smart, decent people as well as my fair share of unempathetic and pushy types but the emphasis on the individual and what is best for me seems, at least to this chap, to be a cultural issue that is at the source of why we are so divided. There is something going on in the States, whether it's the narrative we tell ourselves about 'making it' the lack of urban planning designed around the person and not the car or the work life balance that is negatively impacting the a way we live our lives. Winning at all costs seems like we forget at our peril the power of community, and how much our lives would be enriched by genuinely supportive social connection. It does seem that although we are social beings we are living in a world of 'hunger games.'
Jonathan:
One simple act of kindness that you performed has helped me enormously. I wrote to you, stranger to stranger, and asked for your recommendation for an ethical financial planner who charged for his/her actual time and nothing more. You gave em a name and I have worked with this wonderful person, Adam Grossman, ever since. Helping others is a remarkable quality and probably at the root of The Humble Dollar. I wish I could help you medially and in so many other ways but I can send you my very best wishes and my sincere gratitude. I am honoured to know you and have benefited hugely from your wisdom. Jeremy.
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What a lovely article. Honest and brave. I have recently moved from the USA to the UK because frankly, even after 39 years of work and family life over there, I never felt like I had made genuine friends. Sure I had mets lots of smart, decent people as well as my fair share of unempathetic and pushy types but the emphasis on the individual and what is best for me seems, at least to this chap, to be a cultural issue that is at the source of why we are so divided. There is something going on in the States, whether it's the narrative we tell ourselves about 'making it' the lack of urban planning designed around the person and not the car or the work life balance that is negatively impacting the a way we live our lives. Winning at all costs seems like we forget at our peril the power of community, and how much our lives would be enriched by genuinely supportive social connection. It does seem that although we are social beings we are living in a world of 'hunger games.'
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Jonathan: One simple act of kindness that you performed has helped me enormously. I wrote to you, stranger to stranger, and asked for your recommendation for an ethical financial planner who charged for his/her actual time and nothing more. You gave em a name and I have worked with this wonderful person, Adam Grossman, ever since. Helping others is a remarkable quality and probably at the root of The Humble Dollar. I wish I could help you medially and in so many other ways but I can send you my very best wishes and my sincere gratitude. I am honoured to know you and have benefited hugely from your wisdom. Jeremy.
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