It was absolutely worthwhile. Completely changed my life… all of our lives. In fact, I had one friend who tried to go it alone and who now seriously regrets the decision.
For figuring out what you should be doing, I think that diversity will help greatly. I’ve had many “heavy,” value laden discussions with my friends, and those were made much more productive and insightful by the diverse values we hold. So I think for your goals diversity is going to be very helpful. However, once you figure out what you should be doing, homogeneity has produced the best results for me.
Although I’d like to emphasize that homogeneity can actually help a great deal in working out personal value systems as well. For example, my friend who I am most similar to and I will sometimes intentionally explore different angles of approach to things. It’s kind of like being able to live two lives at once and we’ve learned a great deal from it.
So I guess the general idea is that diversity is good for getting your bearings, but similarity helps you efficiently make your way along that chosen route.
It was absolutely worthwhile. Completely changed my life… all of our lives. In fact, I had one friend who tried to go it alone and who now seriously regrets the decision.
For figuring out what you should be doing, I think that diversity will help greatly. I’ve had many “heavy,” value laden discussions with my friends, and those were made much more productive and insightful by the diverse values we hold. So I think for your goals diversity is going to be very helpful. However, once you figure out what you should be doing, homogeneity has produced the best results for me.
Although I’d like to emphasize that homogeneity can actually help a great deal in working out personal value systems as well. For example, my friend who I am most similar to and I will sometimes intentionally explore different angles of approach to things. It’s kind of like being able to live two lives at once and we’ve learned a great deal from it.
So I guess the general idea is that diversity is good for getting your bearings, but similarity helps you efficiently make your way along that chosen route.