Work is generally too political to make friends for me. I just don't want personal and work life to mix too much. I do have numerous friends that I've made out of joining an organization that works on things I care about though. It really brought me together with a community of like-minded people who I collaborate with now.
In truth though, I made a lot of my purest friendships during my MBA. I went back to school in my 30s for that and while it was terrible for my liver it was great for my friendships. Gave me great bonds with people that I maintain even though we're mostly in different cities now. We always meet up when travelling around Asia and we can talk about anything openly and non-judgmentally.
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"If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?"
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