HAPPINESS IS UNCRITICAL

• After dialing David’s number, you have a whole minute to tell him about yourself, read him a poem you wrote, whatever you like – as long as it’s something you want to be praised for. (Just so you know, David speaks German and English, understands some French and has a smattering of Italian. So he’ll dole out any positive feedback in German or English, though he might be a little slower with the latter.)
• When your minute is up, it’s David’s turn to give you 30 seconds of the most positive feedback known to man. 
• If you’re in the mood and David has some time left over, you can switch things around for a bit.
• Do make sure to hang up at some point so David has enough time to heap praise on other people.

*A connector’s job is to help make all the unique cogs in the high-performing F-Crew machine turn a little better, enabling us to take our slick bag-making skills to even loftier heights. Connectors wield a set of tools entrusted to us by a humorous, intelligent fellow at Beyond Leadership called Matthias Mölleney. The core idea behind Beyond Leadership is to build trust by answering questions – such as “Who am I and why am I here?” – in groups of three people (which change each time). Each person in the group talks without interruption for two minutes, after which they receive a minute of praise and positive feedback from the other two. Then the process repeats itself.