Soooo fricking good to hear this message… There was always just something that ‘seemed’ so wrong about the sociopathic approach to getting ahead despite how popular it’s become as of late. Thanks for sharing Gary and for leading from the front. ❤
So good, Garry. I always appreciate all the wisdom you share and finding the nuance in things in a way that isn't about using and abusing people but benefitting others, the world, and seeking to be a level-headed, and good person.
i think scott’s advice borders on sociopathic behavior. if you follow it to a tee, it will definitely put you in the wrong direction of only valuing people based on selfish reasons. but i think if you take it with a grain of salt, it leads you to meet new people who you may look up to and want to learn from. just my opinion on it, don’t take anyone’s advice to an extreme.
LOL 7:11 is my favorite part - "don't do that - that's gross!" This is why I don't like going to networking events in the bay area and attend meetups or learning nights instead. Thanks Garry for another great video.
Not at that level, but remember going to parties during med school with people asking other people what they do. If it was not medicine-related, they just neglected the person and moved on. Hated every minute of it. The good thing is that you could spot these people right away and decide whether to continue hanging out with them.
It's sad that ambitious people size up every person in their life based on a social or economic currency rather than how they can give & build shared core convictions.
@@paytonj2620 Couldn't agree more. Glad that I found friends who just wanted to hang out and not always talk about work, goals, achievements, and money. Thanks @Garry Tan for putting this video out.
"There's always something someone can teach you" This is so true! Everyone has a unique perspective and being able to have all these opinions just allows everyone to grow together
Thank you so much for this video Gary! I've always worried about this sort of advice whenever I failed at something, because if you don't know anyone who's successful you might actually believe they are all sociopaths of some kind.
This advice answered a question I had for a while! It’s about surrounding yourself with the right tribe. Thanks for sharing your insight, Garry! Very helpful ☺️
Growing up in *LA,* I *FELT* this "gross" behavior everywhere.😥 I always thought it was interesting how *"main stream successful people"* (now looking back were the creatives) had "normal" friends and would be the ones *WILLING* to talk to me lol You articulated this so well.
Really like this message and your humility coming from someone successful. Never thought of it in terms of geekiness and creators, but that's what a lot of my current friends are despite not having tons of net worth. One of the best old playground songs goes "Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other's gold"
In the day that I’m so exhaust to catch a successful like a sociopath guru recommend.Your video help me and it’s very positive and supportive thank you so much.
Loved this video. So many things resonated. As a photography graduate and someone who spend 10 yrs as a part of the plastic arts scene, the worse for me is when your friends who are creators turn into creator-sociopaths. I’m sure that happens in every scene. Now I make furniture and invest. I got less friends, or a smaller social circle, but I enjoy my environment much more. I do try and surround myself with people who are better than me at different things. But I only do it organically, as life gives me the chance to meet those people. Being on a hunt for successful people is vomitive.
I absolutely love this message. 💗 I think benevolence should be the number one criteria to determine whether you want someone to be your friend, not money or status.
This was great Garry. I'm a early 30s entrepreneur who's a low level millionaire but I don't have any new friends and still keep up with my my best friend from high school and couple friends from college days. I want to connect with other 7-8 figure entrepreneurs/business owners but they seem like psychopath and a-holes like you described. I feel better not trying to suck up to those type of guys just for friendship.
I agree with your pov to some extent and I agree with the other dude's pov to some extent. Your pov is generally correct only if your life has been easy and shinning from the beginning. For someone whose past was haunting them, it is important to upgrade. I upgraded my peer group twice, first time is when I live in a small town when people hate to see outside. The second time is when my friends want to drink and party and I have to move forward and study. Can't say I'm the happiest person in the world, nor have I dumped them completely, but life is full of hard decisions.
I 100% agree with this video. However, I worked at Facebook as a contractor in a low level position and the percentage of sociopaths to true creators doesn’t match this idea. Now, this could be because most of the people I came in contact with were not creators even as employees. It made me really discouraged when I’d reach out to them and they treated me like second class when all I wanted was for a little guidance on how to level up my skills to be more valuable as a person. Very few people helped me and those that did , stopped because well, they are probably busy and can’t hold my hand or considered me already to be “below” their creative skill level. I believe 100% that this is still possible for me, I’d just like to know where to start
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Ok! THIS STATEMENT OF VALUES made me definitively want to work with Jerry Tan or his organization. Synergy comes about from shared values, and happiness at work is a MUST now for a whole generation of CREATORS. 🤩
You can spot sociopaths easily in professional environments, when they join, legit people leave institutions. They avoid presenting downside risk at the onset of a relationship. They like proper nouns a lot. Great post Garry! Smashing the like.
So true. Except LinkedIn makes it so easy to respond in that manner. I don't think people realize how corny it is. I love when people DM you to congratulate me on something, it means more than just a "Congrats. ..."
Love this Garry. Completely agree on your take. Provide value to others and just be genuinely curious in others and in learning. You should be leveling up your ideas and your frameworks for different thoughts.
Thank you, Gary. Very good food for thought here, goes to the value of keeping long term relationships to help keep you grounded and keep a balanced perspective
Thank you for this Gary. Always thought it weird and felt uncomfortable with "upgrading" my friend set that way. Good to know how geeks can beat sociopaths too
so good, Gary. What profound wisdom. I've learnt this myself in the past 2 years going through countless networking dinners. Realised this but good to see that validated through your videos. Cheers from Singapore
Garry, your channel is the education everyone wishes they had in University! Thank you for all of these golden nuggets. - An aspiring founder/dev from India :)
Really digging your msg! I relate to a lot of this and feel like your able to say what im thinking a lot better than I can, (so I can share easily with friends haha). Been following since the coinbase video and I must say, feeling the same vibes as when I first followed graham Stephan at 10k and thinking to myself, this guys gonna blow up! Great advice whether you want to build that billion dollar business or simply be a better person, haha peace ✌️
I’ve been trying to find the words to describe this! There are so many “business people” who just seem to be hustling to make the quickest buck instead of building something valuable. I believe these are the people that you’re calling sociopaths.
Firstly, I absolutely love how you’re testing the video editing and intros. Literally shows how content creation is done from a product mindset.🛠 And ofc love the overall content as well🚀
GARRY! You've literally hit a nail on its head for me! I used to be such a "sociopath" during parties and gatherings but could not figure out what was wrong all the time! I've realised I want to listed to my true self and seek out the people I REALLY want o the around. Not just those that seem or sound successful. The next step is to unlearn to ask the "what do you do?" question at the start of my conversations. THANK YOU!
Gary, I don’t know if you realized this, but this video taught me a lot about how you rose to success and the obstacles you faced. Humans can’t not relate information to their personal lives
Gary, you have a lot of great content, but this one really shows what your thinking and attitude is, this is the base/ foundation/ roots from where you create and this type of thinking is leveling up the society, the common sense and consciousness.
The reality is--you cannot avoid sociopaths at a certain point. It's not always a good idea to alienate them, and sometimes it is not even possible. They have access to knowledge and they act as gatekeepers. They run companies, invest, and sometimes have niche expertise. It's a good idea to maintain formality and tolerance with them, but not a great idea to invite them to your wedding or introduce them to your close circle.
I get what you’re saying, but I think there is a more favorable way of understanding Galloways comments. Yes as you grow in your career you need to keep good friends around - friends who will tell you the truth, who will tell you like it is and keep you grounded. but you are also removing some people along the way. Negative people, people who do not want to see you succeed, people who don’t support you. Some of these people are childhood friends and some of these people unfortunately may be family members. I think that may be related to what Galloway was talking about. The fact that he referred to it as upgrading your peer group made it sound a little sociopathic.
Thank you! This video really comes at the right time. I have followed your youtube for over a year when you have less than 10K subscribers. Your videos always inspire me. Since I followed your channel, I have grown my crypto startup from 2 co-founders to become 23 people without backing by VCs. I also made some financial success thanks to the bull market. I started to think this is a waste of time to talk to my friends who have not believed in me when I joined crypto space in 2017. I started to decline their requests for gathering as I wanted to be with crypto people who share the some vision with me. After watching this video, I will think more about my attitude in this weekend.
Thank you for this video! I’d love to meet thinkers my age because I don’t want to impose on younger people. I know I have it in me to invent something since I became obsessed with taking my toys apart as a child. I don’t have friends because I spend my time with my novel and my data analytics studies. I’ve tried to hold onto my closest friends but they don’t want to accept me as I am- they want me to fit in and I don’t want to gossip or be superficial. I miss the days we read poetry to one another or discussed the profundities of the universe. I’d like to invent huge digital classroom screens for poor villages. Is that crazy?
I LOVE this. Not only is it helpful career advice, but it’s morally admirable. It’s culturally important to honor your roots and to be loyal toward the people who love and care about you, no matter what their career or financial status, and you’ll be happier for it :)
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! That kind of advice always bugged me and I could never pin point why exactly. You nailed it! We have had to drop a few “friends,” but the truth is they were the toxic sociopaths. I’m happy to be finally clear on this distinction. This video was beyond helpful for me. It is life changing. Thank you! Thank you!
Really enjoying your channel Garry and especially your genuine desire to help others and to really change the world. Really refreshing and encouraging! I’ve been in tech my entire career and listening to you makes me want to keep running for another 20 years!
Hi garry, I love your videos and I would really like to be like you someday, do you have any email address that I can send you my pitch directly for you to check it out?, I really appreciate it, and youre awesome!!
Sometimes your current peer group just refuse to change. Offered my best-friend “Chaos Monkeys” as I knew he’d enjoy the book giving insight into Tech startup world, knowing it also might give him more inspiration to finally start the business. Turned me down and said he wouldn’t have time as he was too busy working at the local “Pub” for minimum wage. One can only turn to Reddit so much. What’s the best solution to finding people who could be potential co-founders in a non-organic way?
Gary, what have you done wrong to the 7 people who have disliked this video? haha jks. I don't understand what kind of person wakes up in the morning, sipping on their coffee and thinking i am gonna jump on RUclips and dislike videos...haha If you disliked the video, please drop me a comment to let me know why. I am really curious to learn why people dislike videos. TIA
I just have to say after watching this video that my view has shifted dramatically. Up until 30 minutes ago, I viewed tweets like this just as advice to surround yourself with quality people, never realizing the sociopathic behavior behind it. If you orient your worldview by what serves you and you alone, the tweet is sound. However, if you want a truly meaningful life with truly meaningful people, you need to orient your behavior on how to bring those around you up. Our society is unraveling because of the sociopathic beliefs and actions of people like Scott Galloway.
Gary Tan is such a real one.
Literally teaching us how to spot the fake and snakes.
Big thanks!!
"Geeks beats sociopaths." A title of a good research/essay to make.
It's not true, though. Look at politicians.
Soooo fricking good to hear this message…
There was always just something that ‘seemed’ so wrong about the sociopathic approach to getting ahead despite how popular it’s become as of late.
Thanks for sharing Gary and for leading from the front.
❤
So good, Garry. I always appreciate all the wisdom you share and finding the nuance in things in a way that isn't about using and abusing people but benefitting others, the world, and seeking to be a level-headed, and good person.
i think scott’s advice borders on sociopathic behavior. if you follow it to a tee, it will definitely put you in the wrong direction of only valuing people based on selfish reasons. but i think if you take it with a grain of salt, it leads you to meet new people who you may look up to and want to learn from. just my opinion on it, don’t take anyone’s advice to an extreme.
LOL 7:11 is my favorite part - "don't do that - that's gross!" This is why I don't like going to networking events in the bay area and attend meetups or learning nights instead. Thanks Garry for another great video.
Not at that level, but remember going to parties during med school with people asking other people what they do. If it was not medicine-related, they just neglected the person and moved on. Hated every minute of it. The good thing is that you could spot these people right away and decide whether to continue hanging out with them.
It's sad that ambitious people size up every person in their life based on a social or economic currency rather than how they can give & build shared core convictions.
@@paytonj2620 Couldn't agree more. Glad that I found friends who just wanted to hang out and not always talk about work, goals, achievements, and money.
Thanks @Garry Tan for putting this video out.
@@paytonj2620 *some ambitious people
How dumb it is to let people down who do different things. How can you grow that way?
"There's always something someone can teach you" This is so true! Everyone has a unique perspective and being able to have all these opinions just allows everyone to grow together
Thank you so much for this video Gary! I've always worried about this sort of advice whenever I failed at something, because if you don't know anyone who's successful you might actually believe they are all sociopaths of some kind.
That gratitude and appreciation for the people in your circle helps so much!
This advice answered a question I had for a while! It’s about surrounding yourself with the right tribe. Thanks for sharing your insight, Garry! Very helpful ☺️
Keyword there: "right tribe"
Growing up in *LA,* I *FELT* this "gross" behavior everywhere.😥
I always thought it was interesting how *"main stream successful people"* (now looking back were the creatives) had "normal" friends and would be the ones *WILLING* to talk to me lol
You articulated this so well.
Really like this message and your humility coming from someone successful. Never thought of it in terms of geekiness and creators, but that's what a lot of my current friends are despite not having tons of net worth. One of the best old playground songs goes "Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other's gold"
Incredible!
You have a great channel too! 😁
Awww yeh! Andrew Kirby is a Gary Tan fan too!
Huge respect for your work Andrew! 🙌
Yes andrew kirby has great channels to learn and apply
In the day that I’m so exhaust to catch a successful like a sociopath guru recommend.Your video help me and it’s very positive and supportive thank you so much.
Loved this video. So many things resonated.
As a photography graduate and someone who spend 10 yrs as a part of the plastic arts scene, the worse for me is when your friends who are creators turn into creator-sociopaths. I’m sure that happens in every scene.
Now I make furniture and invest. I got less friends, or a smaller social circle, but I enjoy my environment much more.
I do try and surround myself with people who are better than me at different things. But I only do it organically, as life gives me the chance to meet those people.
Being on a hunt for successful people is vomitive.
"Don't do that! That's f*ing gross." 😂🤣 So true! At least talk to me for a few minutes before you ask me how much money I make 😅
I absolutely love this message. 💗 I think benevolence should be the number one criteria to determine whether you want someone to be your friend, not money or status.
It’s only when you leave formal education that you realise the majority of people you’ve hung out with has been purely circumstantial
I am thankful that i realised this early in my life and changed my friend circle at the right time.
I couldn't agree with you more! I like how you emphasized how important it is to be real and true no matter what! Great video, Garry!
This was great Garry. I'm a early 30s entrepreneur who's a low level millionaire but I don't have any new friends and still keep up with my my best friend from high school and couple friends from college days. I want to connect with other 7-8 figure entrepreneurs/business owners but they seem like psychopath and a-holes like you described. I feel better not trying to suck up to those type of guys just for friendship.
I agree with your pov to some extent and I agree with the other dude's pov to some extent. Your pov is generally correct only if your life has been easy and shinning from the beginning. For someone whose past was haunting them, it is important to upgrade.
I upgraded my peer group twice, first time is when I live in a small town when people hate to see outside. The second time is when my friends want to drink and party and I have to move forward and study.
Can't say I'm the happiest person in the world, nor have I dumped them completely, but life is full of hard decisions.
I 100% agree with this video. However, I worked at Facebook as a contractor in a low level position and the percentage of sociopaths to true creators doesn’t match this idea. Now, this could be because most of the people I came in contact with were not creators even as employees. It made me really discouraged when I’d reach out to them and they treated me like second class when all I wanted was for a little guidance on how to level up my skills to be more valuable as a person. Very few people helped me and those that did , stopped because well, they are probably busy and can’t hold my hand or considered me already to be “below” their creative skill level. I believe 100% that this is still possible for me, I’d just like to know where to start
Ok! THIS STATEMENT OF VALUES made me definitively want to work with Jerry Tan or his organization. Synergy comes about from shared values, and happiness at work is a MUST now for a whole generation of CREATORS. 🤩
You can spot sociopaths easily in professional environments, when they join, legit people leave institutions.
They avoid presenting downside risk at the onset of a relationship.
They like proper nouns a lot.
Great post Garry! Smashing the like.
So true. Except LinkedIn makes it so easy to respond in that manner. I don't think people realize how corny it is. I love when people DM you to congratulate me on something, it means more than just a "Congrats. ..."
One of the best.... Garry!!! All the best
Love this Garry. Completely agree on your take. Provide value to others and just be genuinely curious in others and in learning. You should be leveling up your ideas and your frameworks for different thoughts.
I have just been thinking about this. Surround yourself with people that have the right mindset.
WOW! New format, SAME FIRE CONTENT! I love you, Garry!
Thank you, Gary. Very good food for thought here, goes to the value of keeping long term relationships to help keep you grounded and keep a balanced perspective
Be real. Be true. Best advice. Thanks Gary!!!
Hey @Garry Tan.
Great video you've made.
Just a mention something career karma isn't working in Kenya.
Kindly work on it.
Thank you for this Gary. Always thought it weird and felt uncomfortable with "upgrading" my friend set that way. Good to know how geeks can beat sociopaths too
Garry, you are awesome! Thank you so much for everything that you do and stand for!
I like Garry's format ... short 10-20 minute spot-on advice. Keep it up, Garry!
This was absolutely amazing. Thanks a million
This is a wonderful message, Garry. Inspired and excited to learn more!
Thank you very much for your hardwork and consistency in giving all your best... Deeply appreciated
I feel like this is what I needed see right now.
Man I feel like copy-pasting you comment ,but don't sue me.
Thanks Garry. You're really an inspiration. So much value in your videos.
6:24 this part of the vdo is probably THE most important. Stop making transactions, make some actual genuine friends. “What do you do” ugh
so good, Gary. What profound wisdom. I've learnt this myself in the past 2 years going through countless networking dinners. Realised this but good to see that validated through your videos. Cheers from Singapore
Garry, your channel is the education everyone wishes they had in University!
Thank you for all of these golden nuggets.
- An aspiring founder/dev from India :)
Really digging your msg! I relate to a lot of this and feel like your able to say what im thinking a lot better than I can, (so I can share easily with friends haha). Been following since the coinbase video and I must say, feeling the same vibes as when I first followed graham Stephan at 10k and thinking to myself, this guys gonna blow up! Great advice whether you want to build that billion dollar business or simply be a better person, haha peace ✌️
I’ve been trying to find the words to describe this! There are so many “business people” who just seem to be hustling to make the quickest buck instead of building something valuable. I believe these are the people that you’re calling sociopaths.
I needed to hear this. My friends are me. I can't change me. Thanks Garry
Firstly, I absolutely love how you’re testing the video editing and intros. Literally shows how content creation is done from a product mindset.🛠
And ofc love the overall content as well🚀
Creators are a unique bunch ... they seek the highest, truest expression of themselves. Another banger Garry!
Ran into this early in my career when my reputation started growing. Totally agree!
Hi gerry I can't download career karma..its not available in Nigerian
What if i have no friends?
AHHHHHHHH... My cool breeze just wafted in... feels so good...Thank you, Garry.
GARRY! You've literally hit a nail on its head for me! I used to be such a "sociopath" during parties and gatherings but could not figure out what was wrong all the time! I've realised I want to listed to my true self and seek out the people I REALLY want o the around. Not just those that seem or sound successful. The next step is to unlearn to ask the "what do you do?" question at the start of my conversations. THANK YOU!
Gary, I don’t know if you realized this, but this video taught me a lot about how you rose to success and the obstacles you faced. Humans can’t not relate information to their personal lives
I'll keep your advice in mind, thanks so much Garry
Gary, you have a lot of great content, but this one really shows what your thinking and attitude is, this is the base/ foundation/ roots from where you create and this type of thinking is leveling up the society, the common sense and consciousness.
The reality is--you cannot avoid sociopaths at a certain point. It's not always a good idea to alienate them, and sometimes it is not even possible. They have access to knowledge and they act as gatekeepers. They run companies, invest, and sometimes have niche expertise. It's a good idea to maintain formality and tolerance with them, but not a great idea to invite them to your wedding or introduce them to your close circle.
agreed. lesson of the story is take everything with a grain of salt
This video resolves one of my confusions accumulated for many years. Thank you Garry.
thank you. I learned from this
I’m new in the Bay Area and I’m looking for events to meet creators, the question is, where are them? Where the geeks meets?
Always look forward to your videos. Thanks
I get what you’re saying, but I think there is a more favorable way of understanding Galloways comments. Yes as you grow in your career you need to keep good friends around - friends who will tell you the truth, who will tell you like it is and keep you grounded. but you are also removing some people along the way.
Negative people, people who do not want to see you succeed, people who don’t support you. Some of these people are childhood friends and some of these people unfortunately may be family members. I think that may be related to what Galloway was talking about. The fact that he referred to it as upgrading your peer group made it sound a little sociopathic.
I agree!
Thank you! This video really comes at the right time. I have followed your youtube for over a year when you have less than 10K subscribers. Your videos always inspire me.
Since I followed your channel, I have grown my crypto startup from 2 co-founders to become 23 people without backing by VCs. I also made some financial success thanks to the bull market. I started to think this is a waste of time to talk to my friends who have not believed in me when I joined crypto space in 2017. I started to decline their requests for gathering as I wanted to be with crypto people who share the some vision with me.
After watching this video, I will think more about my attitude in this weekend.
Great advice man!
Thank you for this video! I’d love to meet thinkers my age because I don’t want to impose on younger people. I know I have it in me to invent something since I became obsessed with taking my toys apart as a child. I don’t have friends because I spend my time with my novel and my data analytics studies. I’ve tried to hold onto my closest friends but they don’t want to accept me as I am- they want me to fit in and I don’t want to gossip or be superficial. I miss the days we read poetry to one another or discussed the profundities of the universe. I’d like to invent huge digital classroom screens for poor villages. Is that crazy?
Real investor ! Follow him.
I LOVE this. Not only is it helpful career advice, but it’s morally admirable. It’s culturally important to honor your roots and to be loyal toward the people who love and care about you, no matter what their career or financial status, and you’ll be happier for it :)
The moment when Gary said micro optimisation really hit me. Can totally relate.
Garry is a blessing to society
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! That kind of advice always bugged me and I could never pin point why exactly. You nailed it!
We have had to drop a few “friends,” but the truth is they were the toxic sociopaths.
I’m happy to be finally clear on this distinction. This video was beyond helpful for me. It is life changing.
Thank you! Thank you!
If you are curious to change your life and the world you must follow Sir Garry Tan
big thanks for the video gary.
Love this!!!
I'm ready to level up
Reminds me of a super old article I read on meaningness called Geeks, MOPs, and sociopaths in subculture evolution
YES that is totally what I was inspired by
Wow. This is great perspective of looking at it. Never thought of it that way.
Thanks for sharing 👍
Take this with a grain of salt. My past friends smoke weed and rob people... Dont want to be around them... All the time
OK sometimes you do need to switch it up :-)
Garry, just found your videos, and omg they are so captivating and inspiring. I’m always like, was that really 15min? Felt like 5.
This is definitely true and happened with me, during college I used to hang out with loosers and felt same and now in good company, feeling great.
Really enjoying your channel Garry and especially your genuine desire to help others and to really change the world. Really refreshing and encouraging! I’ve been in tech my entire career and listening to you makes me want to keep running for another 20 years!
Hi garry, I love your videos and I would really like to be like you someday, do you have any email address that I can send you my pitch directly for you to check it out?, I really appreciate it, and youre awesome!!
Gary please be my friend :)
Garry Tan is using F0.01 Lens!
Love this. Thank you
“Once you follow what everyone else is thinking and doing then you have stopped thinking”
It's not good to stay the same mate! There is no sense in staying friends with friends who are designed by law to fail in life
You have to get around ppl who will bring the good out of you
Always enjoy these videos, thank you for sharing 🙌
Geeks beat sociopaths :D
Insightful video as always, thanks
Sometimes your current peer group just refuse to change. Offered my best-friend “Chaos Monkeys” as I knew he’d enjoy the book giving insight into Tech startup world, knowing it also might give him more inspiration to finally start the business.
Turned me down and said he wouldn’t have time as he was too busy working at the local “Pub” for minimum wage.
One can only turn to Reddit so much. What’s the best solution to finding people who could be potential co-founders in a non-organic way?
Kinda like Lebron James & his friends from his winning high school team, he is the only one in the NBA.
cough cough Zuckerberg cough lol
Thanks for the clarity, and reminder on importance of creators over people who just talk really well.
Gary, what have you done wrong to the 7 people who have disliked this video? haha jks. I don't understand what kind of person wakes up in the morning, sipping on their coffee and thinking i am gonna jump on RUclips and dislike videos...haha If you disliked the video, please drop me a comment to let me know why. I am really curious to learn why people dislike videos. TIA
The value creation of the group of friends will always define the group, you can't cheat your way to the top. Nice one Gary!!!!
Great video. I'm looking for this advice for years.
shoutout career karma!!!
Thank you. Couldn't agree more.
I just have to say after watching this video that my view has shifted dramatically. Up until 30 minutes ago, I viewed tweets like this just as advice to surround yourself with quality people, never realizing the sociopathic behavior behind it. If you orient your worldview by what serves you and you alone, the tweet is sound.
However, if you want a truly meaningful life with truly meaningful people, you need to orient your behavior on how to bring those around you up.
Our society is unraveling because of the sociopathic beliefs and actions of people like Scott Galloway.