"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."
- Donald Kendall
Who are three people you TRUST with your reputation? Name the people you would put on a poster to PROMOTE you and your business. Where can you find people that EMBRACE your values and ambitions?
The people you surround yourself with WILL define you and your successes. It is the REALIZATION that your parents were right about the idea that you end up like the people you hang out with. So who are you hanging out with?
Party friends, the ones that have a great time, but are not very good at doing are a DANGER to your success. The HARDCORE business friends that only look at people as a tool to their success are a great CONDUIT to branding yourself as INSINCERE. The BLEEDING heart friends, while trying to save the world, are a quick path to being labeled "ANNOYING."
2 DEGREE SUCCESS STEP:
Sure, those are stereotypes of people, but all too often, they fit!
Choose your partners, social, professional, political, etc, very CAREFULLY. Seek people that you NATURALLY "click" with that share similar ambitions, values and passions. If you love politics, seek out people to be in a community action group. If you love sports, hit the gym.
Who you surround yourself IS critical to your success. Just think if your best friends were Donald Trump, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. Do you think you would be a SOLID business person after a few months of hanging out? Maybe it is time to find more people to help you DEFINE who you want to become…
Cheers,
Zach
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