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Interacting with wealthy peers boosts low-income individuals' lifetime earnings by 30%
“If you are in this neighborhood, and even if your family is in that 50,000 dollars a year bucket, but you interact with some of those rich people, aka you have more Economic interconnectedness. This group of people has a 30% higher earnings over the course of …”
Women wearing makeup earn 15% more annually than equally attractive peers
“There was a fascinating study showing that women who wear makeup but have the same
attractiveness pull in a group of people. So everybody, so you were all sevens, let's say, but a seven who wears makeup versus a seven who doesn't wear makeup will earn 15% mo…”
Sanchez: Finance is the top category of individuals on the Forbes 100 list
“So the number one category of people on the Forbes, 100 list is some version of finance, whether that's buying and selling companies, whether that's being an active investor in equities, whether that's being in, in hedge funds, but that's the number one way.”
Sitting near low performers decreases employee productivity by 30%
“And there was another study that I thought was fascinating about underperformers and high performers. And the study basically showed it was hundreds of employees at many different companies, and it was about proximity. So the, if you sat next to a high perform…”