Gina Kolata New York Times Article “Study Says Obesity Can Be Contagious” has gotten everyone talking.
Seth Godin says “The most important thing you can do is choose who you're hanging out with. The second high-leverage thing is to put dynamics in place that reinforce the ideas you'd like to see spread. Celebrate the heroes. Make it easy for those ideas to spread.”
The old wise tale “you are known by the company you keep” summed it up a long time ago. Winners like to be around winners, athletic people tend to congregate with athletic people, positive happy people tend to socialize with positive happy people, in sports if the person you play with is getting better, you will tend to get better. Networking works because your goals are in sync.
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