The Most Underrated Success Strategy, Why You Need Great Friends & How to Find Them!

Earn Your Happy

Lori Harder

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.6 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Too often we treat friendship as something nice to have, but in this episode, Chris and I are reminding you that it’s actually one of the most powerful tools for success, happiness, and longevity in both business and life. We’re breaking down the real reasons why maintaining and intentionally creating new friendships will transform your energy, your marriage, and even your bank account. You’ll hear stories from our own lives from the friendships that carried us through hard seasons, and learn why proximity to like-minded people is the ultimate hack for growth. If you’ve been feeling lonely on your entrepreneurial journey or craving more genuine connection, this episode will show you how to attract, nurture, and keep the kind of relationships that make every area of life better. Check out our Sponsors: SKIMS - I finally tried SKIMS and I get all the hype. Shop SKIMS Fits Everybody collection at SKIMS.com and let them know we sent you in the dropdown after checkout. Brevo - the all-in-one marketing and CRM platform designed to help you connect with customers and grow your business. Get started for free today - go to www.brevo.com/happy Blinds.com - Blinds.com makes it easy to get the designer look without the showroom markups. Get an exclusive $50 off when you spend $500 or more with code EARN at checkout. Shopify - Try the ecommerce platform I trust for Glōci, Sign up for your $1/month trial period at Shopify.com/happy Headway - the #1 daily growth app that delivers key insights from the world’s best non fiction books in bite sized 15 minute reads and audio. Save 25% off when you go to makeheadway.com/happy. HIGHLIGHTS How to find & build friendships that fuel your happiness, success, and longevity. Ways I’ve found friends I actually gel amazing with. How having meaningful friendships has strengthened our marriage. You don’t have to be burnt out (what I learned from the founder of Poppi.) Our hack for bringing more joy into our life. How your friendships are impacting your joy, finances, romantic relationship, and more. Fun ways we’ve expanded our network and attracted bigger opportunities. RESOURCES Apply for the our Elite Entrepreneur Mastermind - got to Chrisharder.me/mastermind Join the Audacity Challenge HERE! Join the most supportive mastermind on the internet HERE! Check out our FREE 90-Day Business Blueprint HERE! Listen to my free SECRET PODCASTS SERIES - Operation: Rekindle This B*tch Get glōci HERE Use code: HAPPY at checkout for 25% off! FOLLOW Follow me: @loriharder Follow Chris: @chriswharder Follow glōci: @getgloci

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0:00.0	Where did we buy into the story that in order to be a founder, you have to be fucking burnt out,
0:04.3	thinking that I need to be working 24-7 every hour of the working day if I am not like spending
0:11.7	it in feeling fried by the end of the day that I'm doing it wrong. And I'm like, I actually think
0:17.0	we have it wrong. I think that the more fun that you're having in work and in life,
0:22.0	the more you're a magnet for really big opportunities.
0:28.5	And we're back. Here's another episode of He said she said. And the pack is back, baby. Packers just
0:36.5	won like moments ago. I'm a happy man. It doesn't take much to make me happy, does it? You know what's crazy is you've gotten so good at not letting your mood be dependent upon football, but I do love when they win because obviously I don't get a boost. I don't get as down as I used to. A boost in the household. I don't get as down as I used to when the backers lose, but I still get as excited as I used to when they win. That's the best of both world. Look, I know some people don't understand this, but ladies who have football guys or or who love football, it's like a real thing. Oh, yeah, it's a real thing. And my brewers won last night, like my sports world right now is in a good place. It is a good place. But here's what's
1:14.5	really good. thing. And my brewers won last night. Like, my sports world right now is in a good place.
1:12.9	It is a good place. But here's what's really good.
1:15.2	I just got to watch the Packers game down at El Cholo, like this great Mexican restaurant,
1:20.7	sit in the bar and everyone watching the game.
1:23.5	Neighborhood spots are good with one of my best friends in the world, Seth Madison.
1:29.6	And before that,
1:33.7	we went to the gym and we worked out. And earlier today, we recorded a podcast together. And last night, we all went and had sushi together and watched a Brewers playoff game. And everything
1:38.4	is better with good friends. And I think that's the episode that we want to talk about today. And you might hear
1:45.7	this be like, duh, of course having friends is a good thing. But no, this goes deep. This affects
1:51.2	your relationships, like your romantic relationship. This affects your business. This affects your
1:57.5	happiness. Your mood. Your mood. And the problem is your outlook on life,
2:01.7	your networking. And the problem is most people aren't actively waking up every day and saying,
2:06.1	how do I make new friendships or how do I maintain my important ones? And I wanted to share,
2:11.2	we wanted to share, some of the things that we do to do that. And another place that this
2:16.0	episode came from was we just wrapped up yesterday
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