Daniel Pink
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I sent an email to her.
Her friend's name was Jen.
I sent an email to Jen, and she was so happy to hear from me.
And then they ended up having a phone conversation, and then they ended up meeting up.
And now...
I swear, I get a photograph every six months of, hey, I just saw Jen.
Here's a photo of us together.
And so, you know, that's what happens.
And this woman was like living with this regret for 20 years.
And all she had to do was reach out.
And once she did, things were better.
It takes a second to reconnect.
And what I have found in interviewing people like this is that the relationship restarts almost instantly.
And that's how a lot of these relationships come apart.
There's like, you know, it's like we think that relationships come apart because there's some kind of explosion.
And in this case, and in many cases, just a drift.
That was the case with Cheryl and Jen.
That was the case with you and Jodi.
It just drifts.
And all you have to do, reach out.