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Why rich friends are so important to success
Friend of a Friend . . .: Understanding the Hidden Networks That Can Transform Your Life and Your Career
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Kevin Kwok has a schtick about how friend groups underinvest in themselves. A group of people with high mutual trust, shared interests, and low coordination costs have already solved for many of the issues that otherwise prevent humans from accomplishing great things.
Nadia Asparouhova • 27: Friend groups
Writer and entrepreneur Kevin Kelly on the value of friends:
“Friends are better than money. Almost anything money can do, friends can do better. In so many ways a friend with a boat is better than owning a boat.”
“Friends are better than money. Almost anything money can do, friends can do better. In so many ways a friend with a boat is better than owning a boat.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On Decision Making, the Value of Friends, and Self-Improvement | James Clear
How big is the high school? The bigger the high school, the bigger the alumni network, which may influence your ability to choose future networks like college, spouse, and jobs.How diverse is the school so you can find nodes and sub-networks that fit you best? With more options, there is a higher probability you can find a high achieving sub-networ... See more
nfx.com • Your Life Is Driven by Network Effects
I learned that it pays to hang around with people better than you are, because you will float upward a little bit. And if you hang around with people that behave worse than you, pretty soon you’ll start sliding down the pole. It just works that way.