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You're one conversation away.
From everything changing.
One introduction. One phone call. One DM.
That's all it takes sometimes.
The opportunity you've been working toward for months could come from a single conversation you didn't plan.
But here's the thing:
You have to be in position for that conversation to happen.
And most people aren't.
They're waiting for opportunities to come to them.
They're sitting at home wondering why nothing's happening.
They're consuming content instead of creating connections.
But opportunities don't find you.
You find them.
By putting yourself in rooms you don't belong in yet.
By reaching out to people who intimidate you.
By showing up where the people you want to become are showing up.
That's proximity.
And proximity is everything.
I've seen this play out too many times to ignore it.
The job that changed someone's trajectory? It came from a conversation at an event.
The business partnership that 10x'd their revenue? It started with a cold email.
The mentor who unlocked the next level? They met them by showing up somewhere they almost didn't go.
None of these were planned.
But they all happened because someone put themselves in proximity to the right people.
Here's what most people miss:
They think success is about what you know.
It's not.
It's about who you know and who knows you.
Not in a sleazy networking way.
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But in a "I'm around the right people enough that opportunities naturally happen" way.
You can work hard in isolation for years and get nowhere.
Or you can work hard in proximity to the right people and compress years into months.
The work matters.
But proximity amplifies it.
So here's my question for you:
Where are you spending your time?
Are you around people who are where you want to be?
Or are you stuck in the same circle, having the same conversations, with the same people who are at the same level as you?
Because if you want to go somewhere new, you need to be around people who are already there.
Not to copy them.
Not to use them.
But to be in proximity to the opportunities, mindsets, and conversations that exist at that level.
That's how you get the conversation that changes everything.
Not by waiting for it.
By positioning yourself for it.
Talk soon,
Dyl - Founder of Relentlece.
P.S. What's one place you could show up this month that would put you in proximity to people at the next level? Go there.
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