Surround yourself with the type of people you hope to become, they said. If you have positive and inspirational examples in your life, you’ll strive to be more like them and improve yourself. You don’t want to be around less successful people because they will just make you feel sad about their circumstances and content with yours.
Surround yourself with the type of people who aren’t quite at your level, they said. If your peers are less physically and intellectually capable than you are, you will feel better about your life. You’ll win most of your arguments and games and people will look up to you. When you compare yourself to others, you’ll be proud of how much more successful and capable you are than your friends. You don’t want to be around successful people because they will just make you feel pathetic about your lack of accomplishments.
