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"Like who you work with: In life, and in business, surrounding yourself with people you enjoy makes difficult times easy."

A very underrated statement. This really matters. No matter what you do in life, it always comes down to the people you do it with. E.g. People don't leave a company, they leave their boss. People don't leave a marriage, they leave their spouse etc etc.

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That is a very valuable statement, however, in longer term commitments like friendship and marriage, the prerequisite you can continue to like the people around you, is that you must first like yourself. You will eventually start to see yourself in their eyes.

People don't leave a company, they leave their boss.

Sometimes, even if your boss is nice, you do leave the company.

I'm not sure where I read this, but one theory is that as long as two of the three "work pillars" are satisfied, you're ok in your current position. The three pillars are colleagues, salary and working tasks.

This is so, so important. The people you surround yourself with (and this is just as true personally as it is professionally) really shape who you become. Want to do amazing things? Surround yourself with others who already are (or are at least trying really hard).

I don't agree. I prefer to work and be alone.

If I take your meaning correctly, you do agree! You also would prefer to work with the same set of people you want to hang out with. It's just in your case that set is empty in both instances.

Both sets are non-empty.

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