Life becomes much happier when you realize that there's no reason for 2% of people to be your people and, instead of expecting life to be a matter of searching

Life becomes much happier when you realize that there's no reason for 2% of people to be your people and, instead of expecting life to be a matter of searching for those few who are special and wonderful enough to be your 2% unicorn, you work consciously to actually connect with other people and not just view them as energy bars you can consume if you want. In other words, the challenge to overcome isn't the 2%, it's the 98%. You're not doomed to be a 98% person. Hell, most of these 2% people for people like OP's article are the 2% for a lot of folks. You are just clicking with charismatic people generally like you. Remember that Narcissus wasn't falling in love with himself. He fell in love with the appearance of himself, with the extension of himself. McLuhan wrote quite a bit about how we love to see ourselves reflected outside of ourself. Be careful that your condition for a valuable acquaintance isn't just a desire to use others as a pleasing reflection of yourself (this applies to relationships as well as these "2% people")