31. How Much Do Your Friends Affect Your Future?
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So wait, you're saying you're deeper than me? Yeah, obvious. I'm Angela Duckworth. I'm Steven Dubner. And you're listening to No Stupid Questions.
Today on the show, do your friendships predict how successful you'll be in life? My friends are all practically manic. They're so like bleh. Also, how do different occupations correlate with happiness? You were the bricklayer who was not building the temple of God.
You were just the bricklayer. Yeah, I was just building the outhouse. Stephen, I have a question that was tweeted at us by at death by foi. Is the correlation of your five closest friends a real predictor of success and where you're going? in life.
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