The 3 Pillars of Social Capital (And Why It’s Not the Same as Friendship)

Social capital helps the quality of your friendships, and your friendships impact the quality of your social capital.

Social capital is all about the value you get (and give) in your social network. And regardless of how introverted or extroverted you are, it's something we all need.

TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE:

In this episode of the Friend Forward podcast, we'll look at:

• the three components of social capital (relationship, cognitive, and structural)
• the benefits of growing your social capital
• why talking about social capital feels transactional

Members of our Office Hours Community: You can expect bonus content sharing tangible tactics to improve all three components of your social capital by this weekend!

🎧 BUT WAIT… THERE'S MORE.

Members of Office Hours get supplementary material with every episode to deepen their friendships. Join anytime at: https://www.betterfemalefriendships.com/

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NYC FRIENDS: UPCOMING EVENT

Danielle Bayard Jackson will be in conversation with Dr. Anne Welsh about the intersection of ambition, motherhood, and friendship at the Veronica Beard shop on Madison Avenue on Thursday, August 27 at 5pm. Email MadisonRSVP@veronicabeard.com to RSVP.

📚 EPISODE RESOURCES & REFERENCES:

• Breakdown of "social capital" from Dr. Rick Mask:https://www.snhu.edu/about-us/newsroom/career/what-is-social-capital
• Interested in the science of social networks? We love Marissa King's book, Social Chemistry
• "I Need You to Survive": The song lyrics Danielle speaks at the end of the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdlrRjzDemg&list=RDWdlrRjzDemg&start_radio=1

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