How does your circle of friends impact your ability to make the most of your life? How does your local community contribute to your personal and professional success - and elevate your ability to make an impact on the world? In this episode, I talk about these things with my long-time friend Ron Ratliff, who is a veteran librarian, scholar, Beatles and Elvis aficianado, and lover of all things Narnia and Middle Earth. We also talk about how a small, ride-or-die group of English friends - who called themselves The Inklings - barely ever left their home town and still made a massive impact on Planet Earth.