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Some great pieces in here.

Lois knows lots of people because she likes lots of people. And all those people Lois knows and likes invariably like her too because there is nothing more irresistible to a human being than to be unqualifiedly liked by another.

Six Degrees of Lois Weinberg by Malcolm Gladwell
Mere acquaintances, on the other hand, are much more likely to know something you don’t.
“The strength of weak ties”
The most important people
In your
Life are, in certain critical realms, the people who aren’t closest to you, and the more
People you
Know who aren’t close to you the stronger your position becomes.