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Podcast: Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®
Episode: Friends
Description: We all need friends, but not the same ones! Friends need to evolve as we grow, mature, and change.
Marshall Goldsmith and I wrote Lifestorming together, and we somewhat disagreed on this, but he wrote the terrific book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, so I think this applies to friends, as well!
Your spouse is your best friend? That’s a cop-out.Â
You need people who will push back, tell you the truth, mourn with you, and celebrate with you. I’d prefer an honest critic to a lying friend. We don’t need our egos protected...