There is no bigger life hack in the history of the world than the people you choose to hang out with. Whether you’re starting a business, leaving a soul-sucking job, trying to run a marathon or shed 45 pounds, it’s all the same. The fastest way to fill the gap between where you are right now and where you want to be, is with the people in your corner.

Environment is everything  

The question is, what are you doing about it? I’ve spent the better part of a decade feeding an obsession for social dynamics, human interactions, rapport and simply making new friends. It’s allowed me to create relationships all over the map – from Warren Buffett helping me pick out my engagement ring, on down to finding the business partners and supporters who caused a dying project to grow by 160x inside of 18 months and turn into the movement that Live Your Legend is today. The problem is that over 80% of the people around us don’t enjoy their work (According to Deloitte’s recent Shift Index study). That means most people’s environment is terribly toxic. It reinforces the lives of quiet desperation so many of us so badly want to leave behind. The people around us tell us we can’t make a difference. So we absolutely must change our environment. Over the past few years I’ve taken over a decade of studies & experiments and built them into the framework for our How to Connect with Anyone course. As it turns out, surrounding yourself with inspiring, passionate people is not as hard as you’d think. Here are 16 simple things you can do the second you finish reading this, to allow you to be unforgettable instantly and surround yourself with the community that makes the impossible seem normal.

16 Simple Ways to Connect with Anyone & Be Unforgettable Instantly

The people around us control our world.

They can either kill our dreams or make them possible. That choice is 100 percent on our shoulders. So, who’s in your corner? Featured photo credit:a young woman shouting into a megaphone via Shutterstock