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I have probably heard the following saying a thousand times in my life and the saying is

you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. It's one of those

sayings that is so overused that you actually don't know who the original author of the quote is.

And while the saying has truth to it, I always just understood it as something that was obvious,

but that I didn't actually feel or notice in my day to day life. But then I came to a realization

while building Morning Brew that completely altered my view on the importance of surrounding

yourself with the right people. After selling Morning Brew, I realized a few things. I realized that

most of my close connections were exclusively startup founders. I realized that most of my role models

were also startup founders, people like Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, smart guys,

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