How do the people around you play a part in your success? Do they support you and motivate you to succeed? Or is it the opposite? Are the people around unsupportive and do not positively contribute to your success at all?
These are all questions that we must ask ourselves from time to time. Our Circle of Influence, the closest people to us, plays an important role in our level of success or lack of it. We often assume that if we, as an individual, possess enough drive and motivation that we can achieve anything. Part of this is true, however, having supportive and driven people around you will only increase your chances.
I take the example of when I was learning to ski. When I started out I was very fearful. I stuck to the green runs thinking I was not capable of anything more advanced. I would not push myself at all. That all changed when I started to ski with a group. There is a group of our friends that are avid skiers. They have all skied for year s and are all very talented. They challenge themselves and try new things. One day I was invited to ski with them. At first I was very nervous because I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to keep up. Out of this fear I forced myself to keep up and go faster so they wouldn’t always be waiting for me. This absolutely improved my skiing abilities dramatically. Not only was I keeping up by the end of the season, I was going faster!
By surrounding myself with people who were more talented than me I was able to achieve bigger and better results. The same is with success in any area of your life. If you continue to surround yourself with people who believe in attaining average results, then that is what you will achieve as well. Look to build friendships with people who think like you do and watch the results come to fruition.
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