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Choose Five

I recently heard the following: If you want to know where you're going in life, look at the top five people with whom you surround yourself. They will tell you almost exactly where you are heading.

I recently heard the following:  If you want to know where you're going in life, look at the top five people with whom you surround yourself. They will tell you almost exactly where you are heading.

Now, you might read that and think, "Um, please. I decide my own life, so who I surround myself with doesn't make a difference. Friends are friends, not your life determiners."

However, I would encourage you to think about that rebuttal carefully. Your friends say a lot about you. Are your friends outgoing and enthusiastic about life? If they are, then my best guess is so are you. Do your friends complain a lot? Are they generally pessimistic and "nit-picky"? If they are, then I'll guess you are as well. What about their jobs? Are they 9-5ers and loving life, or do they constantly complain about their jobs? Are the entrepreneurial or unemployed? I'm not saying the last part determines your work status, because things ebb and flow with economies, but it's worth considering.  

Like often attracts like. You've heard the term, "Misery loves company." Well, so does enthusiasm and positivity—it's just not always as easy to find.  

So, if you decide you have dreams you want to follow and achieve, look at who you surround yourself with because dreamers who associate with hardworking dreamers will probably get what they are wanting. Dreamers who associate with "all talk no action" dreamers will probably always be dreaming, but they might not actually get what they want. And you deserve to see your dreams become realities.

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