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171 - How to Make Friends and Keep Them with Best-Selling Author Eric Barker

The Verywell Mind Podcast

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Does It Matter the Quantity of Friends or the Quality of the Friendships?

If there's too much small talk, it actually hurts the relationship. People who had six good friends at work were 96% more likely to be happy with their life. Research consistently shows quality is more important but quantity matters as well. The difference tween five friends that know each other and can act together, verse us five friends who are separate makes a huge difference.

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