A brief excerpt from a YouTube video titled "The Power of Building Connections" (creator: Jim Johnson) in which the speaker describes a deliberate daily practice of personal outreach: reserving 8:00–9:00 on their calendar each day as non‑negotiable "connection" time to walk around and speak with everyone in the company; the habit is routine and supported by their assistant.
8:00 to 9:00 (daily)
And so I've realized that I have to almost take it up a notch with taking that extra step with interacting with people. And one of the ways I do that, and it's actually on my calendar, I actually have connection, like on my schedule at 8 o' clock to 9 o', clock, where I don't schedule any meetings at 8 o'. Clock. I actually, first thing I do is I go and I talk to everybody in the building, in the entire company, like all the way around. And I've done that for years. It's just been part of my routine. And it's literally on my calendar every single day. And they just. My assistant, she just knows that's what's on the calendar that does not get moved. That's a non negotiable for me.
