In ten years, you'll keep zero to five people who actually respect you. The speaker tells seniors to stop performing for people who don't love their real selves. Ten close friends is rare. Thirty is impossible.
People in this room who respect your choices are the ones you usually respect back. So don't worry about the ones who don't. They're not going to be in your life. In fact, if you're a senior right now, how many of these people are going to be in your life in this room 6 years from now? 10 would be high. 30 is astronomical. It is. I mean friends, people you hang with. Most people are 0 to 5. That's the crew you'll have in 10 years. The ones who loved you for being you because they still want to be with you. They didn't want the fake version of you.
