How Your Closest Friends Dictate Your Level of Success

Pay attention to those that are closest to you - they're your secret weapon

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Show me your friends, and I will predict your level of success.

Relationships are one of the greatest spheres in our lives which require active investment.

This isn’t a klaxon call to drop all your friends in search of new ones or start networking immediately to replace edifying relationships with superficial, sleazy career-oriented ones. Far from it.

This is a call to deeply analyse the function and worth of the friendships you currently have, as well as the ones you are potentially seeking to build. There’s so much material out there which deals with dating and finding a partner — yet so rarely do we touch on the necessity of friendships and platonic love.

They’re just as important, if not more important, in various circumstances.