- There is all this business and personal advice out there about the 5 people you hang out with the most. And a lot of it goes like this. Pick your 5 closest based on how successful or something they are because you will gravitate to be a lot like them. Now I have watched this advice given in a million different contexts and I have to tell you “I hate this advice”. It leads to an amount of social climbing and social optimization that to me is so so so distasteful. Assuming your best friends aren’t convicts and I say that somewhat jokingly, pick your closest colleagues based on who you love being with and who mutually act the same way and who leave you feeling positive and upbeat. And who may have mutual interests to you. Don’t pick them based on their net worth, their position in life, their handicap or any other concept. Pick them based on their reliability and are they good friends and do they make you feel better. Can you count on them? Do they reciprocate interest in you? Do you and they fill each others buckets? Don’t water dead plants or chase prestigious friends.
- https://lnkd.in/g9CNtqVN. Twitter vs Reality.
- Never start a project without an estimate. A small percentage of vendors will surprise you to the negative
- PS. Happy birthday to rock star daughter Chloe Becker and to rock star all around person and leader Nancy Temple.
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