Joe Polish credits a mentor who pushed him to learn business as the first domino that changed his life. He argues that being someone's domino, through mentorship and genuine care, reduces suffering and increases human connection.
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You could at least be loving and caring towards people, even in the weirdest ways. You're going to develop a lot of relationships, and those relationships will make you money. Those relationships will give you access to all kinds of things. But the bigger thing is not looking for people. That can be dominoes for you, but how can you be a domino for someone else? All of us had a first domino in our life. That guy at the jet tell me that, you know, young man, you know, if you don't look, figure out how to learn a business. When he said that to me, I made a commitment that I'm not going to get out of this business till I figure out how to make it work. He was my first mentor. That was a domino effect for me, and it changed the whole trajectory of my life. And now my goal is to hopefully be a domino for other people and share whatever insights or relationships or things I can to hopefully reduce suffering and increase connection, because connection is what it's all about.