Consequential Strangers

Turning Everyday Encounters Into Life-Changing Moments

By: Melinda Blau, Karen L. Fingerman, PhD

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Paperback | 6 August 2010 | Edition Number 1

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"Challenges us to rethink our circle of relationships ... A mind-expanding and heart-opening book." -- Daniel Goleman, author of Social Intelligence Our barista, our mechanic, our coworker -- they populate our days, but we often take them for granted. Yet these are the people who bring novelty and information into our lives, allow us to exercise different parts of ourselves, and open us up to new opportunities. In their unprecedented examination of people on the periphery, psychologist Karen Fingerman, who coined the term "consequential strangers," collaborates with journalist Melinda Blau to expand on and make her own groundbreaking research come alive. Drawing as well from Blau's more than two hundred interviews with specialists in psychology, sociology, marketing, and communication, the book presents compelling stories of individuals and institutions, past and present. A rich portrait of our social landscape -- on and off the Internet -- it presents the science of casual connection and chronicles the surprising impact that consequential strangers have on business, creativity, the work environment, our physical and mental health, and the strength of our communities.

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"The essential guide to navigating our new twenty-first-century social waters." -- Mark Granovetter, professor of sociology, Stanford University
"The authors make a compelling case that our social constellations are larger and sexier than we realize. Your neighbors will cease to be blurry faces and become nearby stars worth cultivating." -- Psychology Today
"Especially cogent today...Illustrate[s] the importance of individuals we often take for granted yet who enrich our lives in ways not immediately noticeable but that could prove highly significant." -- Publishers Weekly

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction The Birth of a Notion	p. xv
The Ascendance of Consequential Strangers	p. 1
The View from Above	p. 29
Beyond the Confines of the Familiar	p. 61
Good for What Ails Us	p. 95
Being Spaces	p. 129
The Downside	p. 165
The Future of Consequential Strangers	p. 197
Epilogue The Postscript Is Personal	p. 215
Twenty Questions	p. 221
The Occupation Test	p. 223
Notes	p. 225
Index	p. 263
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