The Company you Keep
(Adapted by Mario Calanna)
Your
associations are one of the most powerful influences that determine whether you will stick
to your goals or get forever derailed.
Dr. David
McClelland of Harvard University concluded after 25 years of research that the
choice of a negative “reference group” was in itself enough to condemn a person
to failure and underachievement in life.
His
discovery indicates that your reference group is more important in determining
your success or failure than any other single factor.
“Associations
are both subtle and powerful.” —Jim Rohn
Your
associations don’t shove you in a direction; they nudge you ever so slightly
over time. Influence is so subtle that it is like being on an inner tube
out in the ocean; you feel like you are floating still, until you look up and
realize the subtle current has pushed you half a mile down the shore.
Jim
Rohn explains: “You will become the combined average of the five people
you hang around the most. You will have the combined attitude, health and
income of the five people you hang around the most.”
“I want
you to determine the five people you hang around the most and then total up the
numbers. You will see clearly that the company you are keeping might be what’s
standing between you and what you want to achieve”.
The
Company you keep could also be the reason for your success.
Mario Calanna
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