The Influence of Company on Personal Character

"We’d like to think we are above being influenced by others, but of course that’s not true. We are shaped by the people we spend time with, and the examples we observe. Benjamin Hardy has called this the “proximity effect,” and many years ago Jim Rohn famously declared that we are the average of the five people we spend the most time with."

Ryan discusses why it's so important that you carefully choose who you associate with, on today's Daily Stoic Podcast.

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