What draws us to certain people or opportunities?

Is it flashy advertising or persistent selling?

It’s neither.

True attraction is something more fundamental. It’s magnetic. It pulls us toward those people or opportunities naturally, without manipulation.

It generates the kind of curiosity that makes you want to read every book in a particular section in a bookstore.

One definition I particularly like describes attraction as: a quality or force of someone or something that tends to pull others in or create interest in the person or thing....

A narrated essay from The Pressures of Privilege.
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Ingredients of attraction include: being of service, adding value, and building genuine connections.

Buying friendships is not attractive.