Who do you hang out with?

There an old saying that goes like this,"You're known by the company you keep."
That is really very true. There are two types of people in businessworld...Successful people and unsuccessful people. Some people are successful in business because of great skill and strategy or because of inheritance of an already big-named entity. Some fail because of lack of focus and bad marketing plans. Whatever the result, there's always a reason and you NEED to know these reasons. How would you know? Your attitude determines your altitude. If you enjoy hanging out with whiners and complainers who resist positive change in their lives, these attributes will rub off on you. When you're going to a bar or some social spot, it is important for you to be observant and choose wisely who you hang with mostly. You need to seek the company of successful business people. Not people who SAY that they're successful, those who have evidence of the claims and who are easy to talk to and willing to exchange ideas.
Most of the time, when you identify yourself as an entrepreneur to an established or experienced business person, they're willing to hear your story and help you out if they can. Well that is if you're not in their field to compete against them. You need to surround yourself constantly with big hitters. People who are successful like to talk about their businesses and you can learn a lot from them. If you keep hanging out with losers, and people who generally don't have growing and successful businesses, your optimism diminishes without you knowing it and it will indeed affect your business negatively.
Take your time to choose carefully and wisely ALL THE TIME. These same "big hitters" can be the beginning of new networks that you can establish which will help you to build your business and serve a wide cross section of prospects or clients. Always be eager to listen to successful people whenever they speak. You can learn mountains of information from them. There are many things that you'll never learn in school or college but the school of hard knocks is the way to go. That's the kind of information you learn on this blog as well.
So please remember to always try connecting with successful people and learn what they do to be successful. It will be essential to your business regardless of its nature.
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