Weak Ties: How People You Barely Know Lead to Life’s Biggest Changes

When acquaintances are more valuable than friends.

Han Cao
ILLUMINATION
Published in
5 min readJun 12, 2022

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Photo by Leigh Patrick: https://www.pexels.com/photo/brown-wooden-dock-with-post-tied-with-brown-rope-137533/

We’ve all heard of the phrase: ‘It’s not what you know, it’s who you know’, especially when it comes to career. Whilst somewhat true, the quote implies that you should spend a lot of time networking with strangers and devote even more time nurturing these…

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Han Cao
ILLUMINATION

Storyteller, Pharmacist, Violinist. Just your regular guy fumbling through life.