How did you meet the love of your life?
No, a more relevant question, would you have gotten to know they love of your life if you meet that person under different circumstances? Say at a train station, or in line at the drug store, or in the produce section of your grocery store. Unless of course one of these were the place of that magical moment.
Now I will never profess to be a Love Doctor or a master of the affairs of the heart, but it has dawned on me that quite a bit of these magical meetings are based on 3 things. Connection, Context, and Conversation.
Connection
This is the simplest and more obvious of the three. Being at the same place at the same time is high on the list of these things that make a magical meeting more probable than not. When you slow down to think of all the possible places that you can be and the non- stop stream of endless possible points in time, of the 3 points of discussion; connection, context and conversation, a mathematician may show , that this event is also the most likely never to happen. But love is about magic, not probability right, so here you are; the two of you, against all odds, in the same place at the same time.
Context
Now that you have gotten on the right side of the cosmic odds, by being in the same piece of time-space, you will find your self under the complete control and influence of a very complex thing called circumstance. The circumstance creates the context of your expectations, behavior, and actions. It gives you a common reason for being there and a loose license to engage.
Conversation
That brings us too the final requirement for a confirmed magical moment; interaction. More specifically conversation. The concentrated exchange of ideas, impressions, assessments and more, now takes place freely. And the magical moment now has a fighting chance!
Starting a quality relationship with your future employees goes through a similar process when done right. Ask yourself, would you have connected with your special one, if one day you decided that you needed someone, posted that requirement, and gave yourself a few weeks to make a decision?
I am not saying that the relationship between your company and its employee is that of a love affair….But I am suggesting that it could be.
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