Proximity Is a Performance Multiplier

Who you sit next to matters more than motivation.

Studies show that sitting within 25 feet of a high performer can increase your own output by up to 15%.

Sit the same distance from a low performer, and your performance can drop by 30%.

Why?

Because emotional states are contagious—and negative signals spread faster than positive ones.

Anxiety, hesitation, fatigue, low confidence… you don’t just observe them.

You absorb them.

The nervous system mirrors what it’s exposed to.

You start thinking slower.

Decisions feel heavier.

Energy leaks without you noticing.

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This is why elite performers are ruthless about proximity.

They curate rooms, tables, offices, and conversations.

Not out of arrogance—

but because performance is environmental.

Protect your field.

Choose your radius carefully.

Excellence compounds in the right vicinity,

and decay compounds even faster in the wrong one.