“Look around you; everyone is operating on autopilot, but if you can break that trend and adopt the old world method of talking to strangers, you'll find your friendships growing and relationships advancing.”

Who said it, and where.

Who said “Look around you; everyone is operating on autopilot, but if you can break that trend and…”? Isaac Mashman wrote it in Personal Branding: A Manifesto on Fame and Influence, Second Edition (2025), Section 6.1, Marketing Essentials.