Arthur C. Brooks

I'm here talking to you right now.

because I was actually able to turn the key in the lock, open the right side of my brain.

And that's what I hope I can bring to others as well.

Yeah.

So real friendships.

Now this is different than virtual friendships and real friendships are not the same thing as deal friendships.

As you know, when you were, you know, a big shot in the news, it was a lot of deal, a lot of deal, a lot of deal.

It was the relationships that you have with people who are very, very useful.

And again, I got nothing against that.

I have work colleagues and it's very important and I deal with people who are, you know,

in investors and the projects that I have going on.

And deal is great, but you also need the real, real.

And those are the useless people.

Those are people who they don't need you.

They just love you.

And so when I talk to people who feel really lonely, even though they're around people all day long, I say, okay, let's take a list.

Let's take out a piece of paper and let's write down the 10 people that you spend the most time with on any given day.

Write them down.

Now I want R's and D's.

That doesn't mean Republican and Democrat.