iAspire To Prosper

As we continue mapping out the “new normal”, one feature - the mask - has come into business reality.  For how long you might ask?  Truthfully, no one really knows.  While here, however, we need to avoid using “the mask” as an additional social barrier…at least, more than it was intended. 

 Back into my people-watching mode, I’ve noticed a growing trend where people are literally scurrying around one another.  Eyes averted, body stiff, quick paced – each person avoiding eye-contact, barely giving the weakest of nods let alone offering a simple “hello”.  It’s as though acknowledging others will somehow make the awkwardness of the moment even worse.  I often wonder - what are they thinking?  “I feel fine” or “This is ridiculous!”  Maybe it’s “I can’t breathe” or “Great, my glasses are fogging up again!”  Whatever the inner speak might be, we all need to recognize that social interactions and communication must continue.  Perhaps “acknowledgement of the awkwardness” makes the moment less...