Belonging: The Ancient Code of Togetherness: The International No. 1 Bestseller

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With the work I do now, I try and give people a sense of belonging when they're part of something special."

Belonging by Owen Eastwood | Waterstones

Eastwood is writing about our ancestors and us and the ways we work today. I think you can extend many of his insights into family life. One is that great teams of all kinds have a genesis story. That story establish is behavioral norms. It helps us understand what’s expected of us. CBD has been shown to have benefits for anxiety, inflammation, aches and pains - and it may even be good for long term brain and heart health. And anything that helps keep me well in the long-term rather than having to fix lots of niggles once they arrive gets the thumbs up from me. Combined with their supplements range, Puresport are paving the way in the natural wellness market.

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Trust: the Seattle Seahawks motto is used to good effect: ‘years of building a relationship can be ended in seconds’. Eastwood discusses how trusting others reduces stress and gives us a sense of peace and belonging. But it’s a calculated risk: how do we know we can trust someone or a group? As well as warning of how delicate trust is, he outlines some ways to build trust: authenticity in what we say and do being the same; loyalty; competence; consistency in our behaviours and performance over time; adaptability; emotional availability. Humans need to belong, it is an element of performance. “We try to signal to players that this is a place where you belong. You are respected, this is a safe place, we want you to be yourself and express yourself.” A copy of Eastwood’s new book, Belonging, was given to every England player when they reported for duty at the European Championships’– Telegraph If you want to understand what makes great teams great, Belonging: The Ancient Code of Togetherness will give you another piece of the puzzle. You’ll also learn techniques to put Eastwood’s principles into practice. When you do that, you’ll become one with the great teams of the past.

Belonging by Owen Eastwood | Waterstones Belonging by Owen Eastwood | Waterstones

Connection Culture: The Competitive Advantage of Shared Identity, Empathy, and Understanding at Work by Michael Lee Stallard When the sun shines on us we are alive, we are strong. For we have had passed down to us a culture that immerses us in deep belonging. We feel safe and respected. We share beliefs and a sense of belonging. We feel safe and respected. We share beliefs and a sense of identity with those around us and this anchors us. We share a purpose with them. We share a vision of the future. We fit in here. Rituals and traditions tie us together. The experiences and wisdom of those who walked in the light before our time are passed on to us.” Working with the NATO Command Group, Eastwood invoked whakapapa to reflect on previous NATO Command Groups, looking at the challenges they faced when the sun shone on them and the legacies they ultimately left. They then previewed their own legacy as the sixteenth leadership team and articulated this in writing with a whakapapa legacy statement.

Belonging

Slowly we have lost touch with our primal instincts as a creeping shift has taken place from ‘our’ purpose to ‘my’ purpose with individualistic societies in the Western world. These values - getting ahead of everyone else - work against our need to belong. They push a mindset of seeing ourselves against rather than with others. At this stage a paradox plays out. We enter self-preservation mode as our mind begins to think about surviving rather than succeeding. Don’t worry. There won’t be a quiz on this. Besides, the entire book fleshes out the spiritual idea with practical meanings and examples. What takes the more than a book about a spiritual idea is the way Eastwood uses whakapapa to improve the performance of teams. As he says, “Beyond kin, whakapapa frames our connection to any group we belong to.”