The Right Social Circle
I read somewhere the following (sorry, I forgot where it was):
Take a look at your friends, and I will tell you who you will become.
Although I do not very much like the idea of selecting my friends based on specific criteria, I do recognize that there is a certain amount of truth in it. I can ask myself, would I be able to think optimistically if all my friends were pessimists? Would I be more likely to set up a business if my friends were successful entrepreneurs, or if my friends were clerks, employed at mediocre companies?
I think there is a certain truth in this. And it does not restrict itself to friends. Think about your family. And how about your colleagues? Your neighbors? I don’t think you should select your friends and social circle based on what the other person does, or how wealthy he or she is. But what is important is how he/she deals with life, how optimistic the person is, whether the person is entrepreneurial, whether he/she is ambitious and has a passion.
People easily get carried along by their social circle. Knowing this, I find it important to take a closer look at how a person stands in life. It does not necessarily mean that I will start avoiding people, but it does mean that I am more careful whom I spend most of my time with.
