I have always been told to surround myself with people whom are better than I am at what I want to do. This started with basketball as a kid. If I wanted to get better I had to practice with people that were better than me. This definitely helped me. This falls true in everything that I do now.
Once you really start to hustle and grind, your time begins to disappear. You only have a small amount of time to network and be with friends or it is what you spend all of your time doing. It is important that those friends be ones that can motivate you. Having good friends and networks can help you when you are in a crunch and need help quicly. If you don’t have these friends and networks you can be like a fish out of water.
I am not saying drop all your friends and start over but definitely evaluate what you want in life and how you feel your friends are either helping or hurting that cause. I wanted to write about this as motivations can come from anywhere. I got a text from a friend two days ago that went something like this, “Just got a house for 300, appraised for over 600 gonna be a good Christmas…” The week before I was sending out text messages searching for product I needed and was able to get it within the hour. Having this network can not only get you free product but it can also provide the first hand look at success that you might need to motivate.
There are thousands of books on this subject. You can pick up pointers from them and gain some insight. Such as never eat alone, be sociable, go to networking events, etc… Generally speaking though books on strategy will help guide you just as much. Good strategy applies to everything. In anything you do choose wisely. Once you know strategy it all becomes second nature.
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December 1st, 2007 at 11:12 am
This is a great post. Like you, I gravitate towards friends that are going to help rather than hinder e.g. people with a positive attitude to life.
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