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I'm Chris Duffy and this is how to be a better human.

Now, for most people, a part of being human is having to work. It is a big part of who

we are and what we do. And since the guests that we've had on this show are at the top of their

fields in their respective careers,

it's no surprise that they have had great insights

and how we can make the most out of the time we spend making our money.

So on today's show, we are going to go deep into career advice.

This is something that I personally love to talk about and I love to hear how other people think about this.

And to start us off, here's a clip from my conversation with author David Birkis about the huge role that people other than us play in our careers.

The problem with the people that we're closest to is that we often share the same information, right? So if you're just talking to your

closest contacts, your deep close friends, coworkers you've been working with for a really long time and then maybe you all were

unexpectedly laid off, you might not be in a situation that's really going to grow your thinking.

And this is where a lot of people who know networks are important, then jump to, well, let's meet lots of new people.

Let's meet perfect strangers.

Well, perfect strangers do have more

information but I mean for one thing it's super awkward to do that let's just admit yeah right and

then for the other thing it's difficult to know who you could actually be beneficial for or who could be helpful to you.

You're just sort of meeting everybody and hoping that serendipity has a role. Well, you're weak and dormant ties, people you know already but haven't kept up with.

They're somewhere else in the world, they're somewhere else in the far reaches of your network,

they're just as likely as strangers to have that new information, and the

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