For most of us who are out of college and in the business world, we find ourselves spending at least 40 hours a week at the office.  We go there Monday-Friday and see and interact with the same people for 5 days a week.  Many people spend time with these work people more than they spend time away from work awake.

In being around these work people (almost) daily, I find that I don’t really know them that well.  I’ve come to realize that none of us really know much about each other.  It seems difficult for people to invest in relationships in the office.  People are there to work and work only.  It seems like no one has the time to care about you and your personal life.  Sure you can have one or two really good work friends, but how well do you know them?

Do you know about their family?  Do you know about the things they like?  What do they do on the weekend?  What are their passions?  Their beliefs?  What troubles are they dealing with?  Personal problems?  There is so much that makes up of a person that its hard to get to know someone fully.  The point is that each person has so much to them, so much more to them than just their existence in the office.

I think sometimes we need to remember that a lot is going on in people’s lives.  That sometimes people aren’t always “there” because they have so much more going on.  Some people may always be in a bad mood, others always joyous and it may make us wonder about them.  But I guess we shouldn’t forget that there’s more to life than just the office.