“While most people get their networking done through conferences or business meetings, Chris Schembra has his own formula for human connection: pasta dinners.”
BOOK OVERVIEW
Forbes Magazine has just ranked “Gratitude and Pasta” as the #2 Book of 2020 to Create Human Connections.
This is the story of how a simple bowl of pasta sauce sparked thousands of relationships, helping some of the most successful people on the planet connect around the dinner table.
The epidemic of loneliness and depression among CEOs, executives, and founders is rampant, and yet, we continue to create and foster relationships in the same way we always have – with boring networking events that leave us more disconnected than ever.
Born of author Chris Schembra’s own disillusionment with success and his increasing sense of isolation, this book shares the journey of 7:47 Club dinners and how he used them to foster gratitude, empathy, and human connection in his life and in the lives of thousands of friends and colleagues.
This book will teach you to create and structure your own intimate dining events so that your guests will have an experience that will bring them closer together, and closer to you.
❖ People crave more human connection
❖ Some people think social media and internet communities have made us more connected.
❖ Some people think conferences and networking events heal their soul. But the truth is, you have to go deeper.
❖ Breaking bread and working together to create a meal will lead to vulnerable conversations that have a lasting impact on your life.
❖ Not only is this healing good for you and your community, but it will be fantastic for your business.
ROADMAP
Chapter 1: You Don’t Have to Be Alone to Be Lonely
Chapter 2: Setting the Table for Gratitude
Chapter 3: The Secret to the Sauce: Gratitude, Empathy, and Connection
Chapter 4: The Elements of the Dinner
Chapter 5: Setting Your Intention
Chapter 6: Planning Your Dinner
Chapter 7: The Day of the Dinner
Chapter 8: Let the Games Begin
Chapter 9: Creating Connection with Gratitude
Chapter 10: What People Say Around the Dinner Table
Chapter 11: Closing Out the Dinner
Chapter 12: Planning Your Future Dinners
Conclusion
YOU WILL LEARN
➤ 51 % of the American workforce report being lonely on a consistent basis. Some of the most successful people on the planet are unfulfilled and disconnected, just like you and me.
➤ Just having dinner together is not enough. We must be intentional about creating a safe space for people to gather. Hosting dinners for your friends, clients, and partners is a new form of authority leadership and will help your social profile grow.
➤ The most successful people on the planet want to relinquish control and be told what to do because they have to make so many decisions in their daily life.
➤ There is a science and an art to gathering people. Networking is a thing of the past and connection is what people crave.
➤ People are tired of being asked, “What do you do?” People are craving being asked something deeper to create more meaningful connection.
➤ People would rather be invited into your home for dinner than taken out to the fanciest restaurant in town. A low cost, simple meal can have a greater impact than a high cost, fancy meal to create a genuine experience. The simple act of delegating tasks and asking people to work together to create the meal is the foreplay necessary to create a unified group dining experience.
➤ Providing good experiences is more meaningful than your product or your price in determining a transaction. Loyalty is cheaper than acquisition and it’s worth investing in the people you already know
WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
You are achieving great things, but you still feel lonely, unfulfilled, disconnected, and insecure.
Whether you are a start up founder, a professional services provider, or a mom from the midwest this book is for anyone who wants to become more humanly connected.
If you are unsatisfied with the depth of relationships in your life and you want to help people come back to human, this is the exact playbook to take your first step.
Chris Schembra is a sought-after dinner host whose passion lies in facilitating profound human connection in a deeply disconnected world.
Chris Schembra is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Gratitude Through Hard Times and Gratitude and Pasta. USA Today calls him their "Gratitude Guru", he's a Founding Member of Rolling Stone Magazine's Culture Council, and he sits on the Executive Board at Fast Company Magazine.
He is the Founder and Chief Question Asker of the 7:47 Gratitude Experience™ — an evidence-based framework used to strengthen client and team relationships in profound ways. He's used the principles of gratitude to spark thousands of relationships within the workplace.
As a Viral Marketer, his gratitude campaign giving tribute and thanks to Veterans earned over 40 million views, 1.2 million shares, and 2 Emmy Awards.
His direct work has been talked about in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, Inc, Entrepreneur, Bravo TV, Fox News Channel, Variety, and hundreds of other media outlets. He regularly lectures at top-tier companies and institutions like Microsoft, Google, IBM, Dell, Citi, the US Navy, Air Force, and Harvard University.
