When technology is our primary means of communication, conversational skills, connection, and intimacy become a thing of the past and we risk losing much of what makes our society work. We lose the authentic human connection that we need in order to experience empathy, compassion, and creativity.

The increase in the number of people starting their own businesses in the United States has surged. And so far, the entrepreneurial boom has proved to be more durable than early skeptics expected. Starting and growing a business can be challenging, but it also provides many rewards.

Today, in a world of social media, around the clock news programs, and propaganda reporting, cultivating a critical thought process is more challenging than ever before. Sometimes it feels like we’ve lost the ability to think for ourselves or form our own conclusions. I often wonder if critical thinking is a lost art.

Social media has provided us with a way to say what we want without ever having to witness the pain we inflict.

Perhaps a new perspective would be to view each of us as the pieces of the toy – unique with our own characteristics, perfect in our design – but not always a fit, no matter how hard we try to squeeze it together and how much we want it.