One out of 17 people will be a good match for you. One at best. That's optimistic. One out of

17. In the second, you know that you won't be in such a hurry to let people in. You'll be happy

to meet lots of people. You'll be happy to make a lot of people your acquaintances, but you will be

picky and look very closely and very deeply for those that actually match what you're trying to do

long-term. Welcome to today's show. I'm in Manhattan right now. Got you from my farm in Virginia and

I wanted to talk about I guess what was just on my mind today, which is how to pick your social

circle, the rule of one out of 17. And listen to me. You must know how to control your social circle.

Think of it as a bubble. Most of the people in the world want to exploit you. Humans are very

tribal. If you're not in their tribe, their very DNA makes them look at you funny, makes them look at

you as an object to exploit not an object to help. So you have to create your own tribe, your own bubble,

but you need some guidance and one of the things they don't teach you in school is how to do that.

So I've had to learn that on my own. I don't want to pass on a very practical tip that you can

learn from. And that is the rule of one out of 17. And there's some science behind it. There's

some math behind it that I'll explain later. But on average, the reason you will make a mistake or

most people make a mistake with who they make their friends, who they make their business partners,

who they date is because they don't give it enough time. They're not patient enough. They don't

look through enough options. One out of 17 people will be a good match for you. One at best.

That's that's optimistic. One out of 17. In the second, you know that you won't be in such a

hurry to let people in. You'll be happy to meet lots of people. You'll be happy to make a lot of

people your acquaintances, but you will be picky and look very closely and very deeply for those

that actually match what you're trying to do long-term. And the second I realized that

everything started to fall in place. I no longer would let people in that I had just meant for a

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