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so you re going to morph depending on the ideas that you surround yourself with. And that s why I m such a voracious reader because I spend way more time with writers than I do even with my friends, just cause the sheer amount of time I dedicate to reading.

Absolutely, and it s so true. I found that in my own life as well. And I think Tony puts it perfectly, he says that most people rise to the expectations of their peer group.

They did a study and found that most people, most veterans that served in the military, that be the time they come back, a lot of them deal with PTSD and stress and depression, all kind of issues like that. Finding that the strongest point in their life or their career was actually when they were in the service. And it s because they felt a sense of purpose, a sense of camaraderie, a sense of standards. And they come back to civilian life and it s just, they just show up. There s no standards, there s no integrity, there s no value system, there s no strength being exercised. So I think that s totally, totally true.

Was that a conscious effort for you to surround yourself with better people, or did it naturally start happening as your thoughts shifted into wanting to take control of your life?

It wasn t in the beginning. In the beginning, I really was hanging around with people that made me feel good and they fed into the "King of Remedial Jobs" phase that I was in.