SHOW ME YOUR FRIENDS AND I'LL SHOW YOU YOUR FUTURE

This ancient proverb as old as it is, it's not weary; it's still accurate today. Stop entertaining stale associations. If you spend your time with statues, you will grow old in one location. Even if you don't want to believe it, it is who you are becoming. The individuals you meet will be the most essential aspect of your life! That applies to your family as well as your current circle of pals. Yes, you want to be surrounded by great people. They say you are the average of the five or ten individuals you are surrounded with. We all believe we can defy influence, yet we cannot!

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If your buddies aren't going anywhere and don't intend to move away, you'll stay put as well. You require companions who will push you. Friends who are always changing, such that they surprise you with a new concept, new item, new level, or new asset every day. Friends who make you upset with yourself, rather than those that make you feel at ease in your mediocrity. You need buddies who won't understand how you've stayed in the same place for years. You will be forced to grow in this manner.

I'm going to have you prepare two lists: one with your goals—intermediate, short-term, and long-term, okay? both personally and professionally. You make another list and state who you met with between the first day of last month and the end, people you speak with or meet with, and you compile the list. Assume this list has 30 names. Now, assign a number to each person you texted, emailed, or talked over the phone with, and which of your goals on the other side of the page has anything to do with them? You will be startled, astounded, and very disappointed!

"Show me your friends, and I will show you your future."

You may spend years in denial, hanging out with toxic people, saying to yourself, "this isn't really who I am, I'm just doing this because that's what my friends like doing!" That's you, man. That is your personality. That is where your time and energy will be spent. The people you maintain or associate with have an impact on where you end up in life. If you associate with losers, you will most likely become a loser. If you hang around with hungry, motivated, visionary friends, you're likely to advance in life. And here's some food for thought: the people your children will refer to as "connections" are the people you have today as friends and associates.