Is this true for you personally?

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I've heard over and over again
that if you take the average income
of your 10 closest friends - that's
approximately what you also earn.

Is this true for you personally?

I find it's not true, but I'm a bad
example because I don't have any
friends. LOL
#main internet marketing discussion forum #personally #true
  • Far from it...

    although, if it were true I'd be broke. I need to befriend Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.
  • It's never been true- I've always earned alot more
    BUT- If I take into account alot of my friends are couples woh both work...then I probalby make the same as that couple.
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  • "You Are You're Ten Best Friends"

    I've heard this line many times, so there may be some truth to it.
  • This sounds like the sort of thing that seems logical enough to be true, but probably isn't. At least, if it's true for you, it's not for the reason this "rule" would have you think.

    Does that make sense?

    If your income is similar to your friends', it's probably because friends are often people you work with or go to school with or live near.

    If you work at a fast food place, you probably don't have many friends who are multimillionaires, for example.

    Or say you are a broke college student hanging out with other broke students, so the rule holds true for you. Then you get drafted into the NFL and start making millions, but now many of your friends are other high-paid football players. So the rule still holds, but the reason you are now making millions is not because your friends are- it's because you have the football skills to get into the NFL.
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    • I think this comes from the theory that you are naturally drawn to people of the same social scale. If the bond is strong enough then there's a desire to remain comfortable within the group. Weird psychological things go on (stop me if I get too technical ) whereby people sabotage each other and themselves in order to remain part of the group.

      All this is done on a subconscious level and everyone agrees to the 'rules' without realising it's actually happening.

      That's something like the theory - but it could simply be a load of B.S.

      Any way, just like most in this thread - it don't apply to me!

      Peter
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  • I can honestly tell you its some bullshit someone made up.

    Most of my friends come from south central and poverty backgrounds,
    but have remained positive and continue to work and gridn it out.

    Some janitors, teachers, etc... I make way more than any of them.

    But I also have friends who make way more than me. In the end
    life is about connections, not materialistic things, so that saying is
    the ridiculous. Sounds like something an American made up.

    Daniel
  • I think its a fair enough rule for the general public.

    Though this is a marketing forum and will probably not relate to most here..

    Im like mike above, lots of friends from a long time ago an new friends also..

    I think its a fair comment to say most people hang with others in their similar socio economic situation.

    With my sporting friends.. they do not know how much I earn, as it might make them feel uncomfortable etc.. which lends to the truth that people of the same socio economic level hang together..

    thats my 2 cents

    Pete
  • I have close friends making less money than me (based on day jobs) and close friends making way lots of money than me (those w/ businesses)
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    • Hi Peter,

      You gotta love that tribal living thing they do in Scotland.

      It all went wrong for us down here when we started living in houses, broke down the traditional family unit to just a few hundred individuals and gave up those strange 'sabotage' rituals.

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  • Yea I think its kind of relative. Normally the people you hang around are like minded individuals.
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    • Hi Ron,

      Don't fret. As with any problem of this type, there is always a way to cut corners and by-pass the usual complicated processes while still gaining the benefits.

      Simply spend your spare time hanging around unsuspiciously in car parks. When you see someone in an expensive car pull up, follow them into whatever pub/restaurant/sauna they are visiting.

      Then just sit very close to them for as long as possible and over time, you will find that you become rich automatically just from being close to those people. Apparently Joe Vitale is making a new film about it.

      It's called 'The Sneakret.'
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