The key to success in any area of your life is to surround yourself with those people that have succeeded before you. These guys have already followed successful steps and have already cultivated successful habits to get to where they are. Needless to say, they have the experience and testimonials to help you succeed in life.

If you want to succeed financially, I don’t think its wise to hang around broke people and take financial advice from them. That will be a disaster! If you want your marriage to succeed (for those who are married), it’s not wise to seek advice from those who haven’t been married. If you want to be a successful lawyer, hang around successful lawyers. Whatever area of life you want to succeed in, learn from those who have already achieved success!

My point is, Learn from the experts! They know what to do and have the necessary experience to help you succeed. If you want to be a successful student, spend time reading the right books within your particular field of study, instead of wasting time reading lots of fictional books. If you spend your whole evening watching telly, you will be robbing yourself of time to learn. If you want to succeed, sacrifice some television programmes and use that time to educate yourself.

It is said,

You Become The Company You Keep!

Watch out who you hang out with. We all have friends that are always into some kind of dramas, always complaining, whining, criticising or can’t stay out of trouble. There comes a time when you need to disassociate yourself from them. Love them from a distance if you can. If not, they will drag you down to their level and in the process kill your reputation.

They say;

Bad Company Corrupts Good Character,

Choose your friends, mentors and teachers carefully. Surround yourself with man, women and books that will empower and motivate you to succeed in life. You are born to succeed, but it’s a journey you have to embark on wisely. This means hanging around and learning from the right people and reading the right books!

You will be in five years the sum total of the books you read and the people you associate yourself with – Charlie Jones

The Company You Keep is a post from: Simon Preacher's Success Blog

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