The company you keep has the power to influence and change you.
Never forget that a positive influence will teach, motivate, and brush you up for success.
While a negative influence will inspire you to become a bad person, change your good nature, and leave you with regrets in the end.
They influence your success with positivity or negativity
The friends you keep can either influence you with positivity or negativity, because your friends have the power to change your kind of person completely.
This is how your friends influence you:
- They influence you indirectly through what they do.
- They influence you directly by teaching and giving you advice.
Yes, that is how they influence you. For instance, you watch a movie, and you like the way the actor walks. The question is, if you truly like the way the actor walks, won’t you try to imitate the actor? Of course, you will.
Just the way you imitate the actor is the same way your friends can influence you with their character. However, the funny part is, they don’t have to teach you to do things like them.
You just find yourself imitating and copying them gradually.
An important question to ask is, are you imitating a good friend or a bad one? If you imitate a good friend, then you will be good, but if you imitate a bad person, you will surely become a bad person.
Every great person was, is, or will be successful because of the company he or she keeps. They will make an impact because of a successful network of driven peers who provide both inspiration and healthy competition.
If you want to be remarkable, you must constantly challenge yourself and surround yourself with remarkable people. So think about what your goals are, and take a look around you. Do you need to write a “make or break” list?
