collecting people

came across this concept in the latest video of [[ steven barlette ]]’s behind the diary – if you want more money in 2026 build this habit first about allowing people into your life, not just specifically to hiring in a professional setting but even in our personal relationships.

he shares an episode of how when he finds people that are one of a million, he would often break whatever rules there are, to get them, because he knows how important they can possibly be to the business.

in the business sense, its important when hiring and how you need to have the balance of genz for new brains, ideas and quick experimentations, but at the same time, you need that experience and stableness especially when dealing with old problems.

you don’t want to spend a long time solving an old problem that already has been solved multiple times, that’s where experience comes in - so collecting the right kind of people to have that expertise.

he puts it’s in a way where you want to build a company in a way where eventually, what he calls the [[ founders promise land ]] - where the people you hire tells you what to do so that you can just focus on what you do best - following your intuition.

it’s almost akin to the idea of [[ you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with ]], because if you are always in the room where you are the smartest, then maybe that’s not the room you want to collect people.

just the mere fact of being the ‘dummy’ in the room, if you collect anyone there, they will essentially raise the bar for you, whether in your business or your personal life.