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What the world needs RIGHT now

Erikjan Lantink
3 min readJan 14, 2022

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A little touch of kindness goes a long way

Yesterday I read a message online from an old friend about the first few coaching conversations she had this year.

She painted a picture of people looking for direction, being frustrated, overwhelmed, stuck, simply not in a good place.

Obviously, this is not a representative picture, but I also believe we have a problem on our hands.

Inflation is up, energy prices are skyrocketing, and COVID is not going anywhere soon.

Yes, we’re getting used, or perhaps numb, to more lockdowns, booster shots, and wearing our face masks everywhere.

But this is not the world we signed up for. This is not the world we’ve chosen to spend our lives in.

Or is it?

Well, to me, this is not the world I signed up for.

I don’t need people around me to get less tolerant by the day.

People behave like jerks in traffic. Listening to each other is at an all-time low. Customer service is a disaster in most places I go. Positively intended posts on social media receive cynical and negative comments all the time.

And the weather is not helping either.

If anything, give me a cold, white, snowy winter. Not this windy, rainy, grey stuff I’m faced with for the last few days.

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Erikjan Lantink
Erikjan Lantink

Written by Erikjan Lantink

Business & Leadership coach. Interim Leader. Writer. Speaker. Former Retail Executive (general management; operations; HR)

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