I wrote this book because I needed it. Despite professional success and a loving family, I found myself at 38 with embarrassingly few close friends. The ones from college had scattered. Work friendships stayed surface-level. Parent friends revolved around kid activities.
I felt like a failure. How could someone who managed teams, built businesses, and optimized everything else fail at something as basic as friendship?
The answer: I was applying none of my professional skills to my personal relationships. Once I started treating friendship formation as a learnable skill rather than a personality trait, everything changed.
The frameworks in this book aren't theoretical. They're battle-tested by someone who started from zero and built a rich social life without changing personalities, moving cities, or quitting their job.
If I could do it, you can too.