There’s a simple truth here: proximity to the right people accelerates personal, then business, growth.
When you sit with people who’ve lived through the highs and lows of business, you absorb decades of experience in a single conversation.
Not because they lecture you, but because their stories, their habits, their mindset rub off on you.
You don’t become a rounded leader by staying in your lane.
You become one by stepping into rooms where you’re not the expert, where you’re exposed to new ways of thinking, where you’re reminded that there’s always more to learn.
And when you’re around people who are open about their failures, you stop fearing your own.