Neurologically speaking, whenever you are emotionally betrayed by someone you trust, your amygdala—a part of the brain responsible for emotional reactions—becomes sensitive to social stimuli. Your eyes pick up on little signs that other people miss, like an eye roll or an inconsistency in actions. You walk away from these people because you want to protect yourself. And even though it is effective, it is the one quality that you have to examine within yourself: do you have a small circle because you found “your people” or because you’ve constructed a wall?

Quality is the only metric