A real friend is rarer than diamonds and far more useful. Because a real friend will call you out when your habits suck. He’ll challenge your worldview without being a hater. He’ll show up when you’re bleeding, not just when you’re posting wins. Most people are incapable of this. Most people are too self-interested. Too validation seeking. Too busy playing therapist to their own emotional loops to be worth anything to anyone else. But the real ones? When you find them you don’t just keep them. You build with them. You bleed with them. You create myth with them. You are the average of your five closest teammates so choose carefully. That group chat of meme bros who don’t read and haven’t improved since 2019? It’s not just holding you back. It’s poisoning your momentum.