Who Are You Listening To?…It Matters

One of my favorite rules to life is: don’t take money advice from broke people. 

But along those same lines - don’t take dieting advice from an overweight person. 

Or relationship advice from someone that cannot keep a lover. 

Which seems obvious when you think about it but most of us do it every day. 

We still take the time to consider the advice of those not living our life. We take the time to listen to and be influenced by people that do not have the same goals as us. That have not been where we are going and are not going in the same direction. 

But it's not just advice we have to be wary of, because just being around these types of people can positively or negatively affect our goals and action steps towards those goals simply because of something we call the “power of proximity.”

In other words, the closer we are to people the more influence they have on us. 

And, unless they’ve been there & done that, their influence is just not worth it.

Because it will keep us from reaching for our potential. From chasing that goal, from defining an action plan, and taking action daily. 

When I joined the military at the height of the war everyone told me it was a bad idea…

Some family members, who were very against the war, even vowed to never talk to me again…

They said 

• I would fail in special operations

• Get divorced

• Get killed or injured

But I did it anyway. 

And - When we started our business teammates warned against it. 

They warned 

• that the market was in a bubble 

• It would crash at any minute

• And not to come crawling back when we went bankrupt. 

But the reality is they were just expressing their fears, the reason they wouldn’t do it based on their lack of experience, fear of failure, etc.

And that had nothing to do with me.

In other words don’t listen to people that aren’t headed where you want to go.

Instead - Get around people doing 10 times what you want out of life. Get around people that inspire and push you. That hold you accountable and enable grow, and become the person you have always wanted to be. 

Like they say - “Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future!”

So… ask yourself -

Who do I surround myself with and is it forcing me to grow, or stay the same?

How much do they make? How do they live their life? 

Is it in line with how you want to live your life? 

Then make a conscious decision to cut out the ones not on the same path as you, and begin to replace them with those that are going where you are going. 

Stay Savage.