Interpersonal relationships are also a form of long-term investment: you should proactively distance yourself from three types of people who will continuously hold you back - those with victim mentalities who complain and blame others, smart people without moral integrity, and stubborn people who refuse to learn, because they drain your emotions, erode trust, and hinder growth. Simultaneously, you should deliberately cultivate relationships with people who are upright and trustworthy, continuously improving, generous and magnanimous, emotionally stable, long-term oriented, and share your values. These relationships bring cognitive enhancement and compounding opportunities. The truly effective approach is not extensive socializing but rather streamlining your circle, identifying people through details, cutting losses promptly when problems arise, and continuously elevating yourself, because people are only attracted to those at similar levels as themselves.