The Fruits of Friendship - David Perell

Real networking—the kind that improves every aspect of your life, not just your Rolodex list—isn’t about slick company manners or mutual advantage. It’s about love. Does that sound weird? I could say “friendship,” but I want to cut right to the heart of the matter. The fact is that you’ll find your own North Star peopled not with folks you merely l

As you put yourself and your work out there, you will run into your fellow knuckleballers. These are your real peers—the people who share your obsessions, the people who share a similar mission to your own, the people with whom you share a mutual respect. There will only be a handful or so of them, but they’re so, so important. Do what you can to n

If we want to make and keep friends, we need to swim against the tides of disconnection that have been gradually contaminating us for centuries.