Making friends as an adultis hard.

In fact, it’s so hard that many people end up forging new friendship circles from their coworkers.

Job portability is becoming increasingly necessary in the modern economy.

After all, you could never leave this group of people, right?

Like what happened with his friend Chuck:

Chuck’s entire life was tied up in the job.

He ate lunch with his co-workers.

He played softball with them on the company softball team.

He went out for drinks with them afterwards.

They all went downtown together on weekends.

It was very sad and uncomfortable.

His life was destroyed in 10 minutes.

That’s not to say you could’t make friends with your coworkers.

In fact, it’s anessential part of networking.

The important thing is to have peopleoutsideof work as well.

Even if it’s just a couple friends.

Everyone needs a support system, but relying too much on one pillar makes the entire structure shaky.

How to Kick Ass at Work| 1500 Days

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