Your income will be the average of your 5 best friends

Your income will always be the average of your 5 best friends.

"If you keep hanging around those people you will turn out just like them!" .. All of us have had this phrase told to us by a loved one mainly our mothers at one point or another. Now that were adults, let's ask ourselves a question.. is that really true? Of course it is. There are countless of cases known and unknown of this happening. And it works profoundly when you were young and now as you have grown  up.

If your not where you really want to be in life then look at your priorities deeply and seriously, then look at your current friends or the people you hang around with a lot. For ONE you will notice that more than not your friends have a very similar income just like yours and TWO you all agree on most things, and of course you guys or gals will agree on most things, heck! You all are friends ;) and that is why you guys are staying friends. And I'm not here to tell you that a certain type of people or certain personalities are bad to be around but if you are looking for success ideally "income success" then the people you hang around play a bigger role in your life and affect it in a big way more than you think.

I remember when I was young that there were a lot of things I really liked to do,  especially because like every kid I loved the feeling of discovering new and cool things. Most of the cool discoveries I made came from people who were older than me, cousins, uncles, parents, teachers, TV etc. These discoveries varied from words to forms of speech, slangs stuff like that. When I made the discovery for example of a slang I remember loving to say it, repeat it and sharing it, mainly sharing it because just like I thought it was cool on the person I heard it from then I figure it would sound cool on me.

Why did those slangs and phrases and what not" stuck? because like I said I thought they were cool. But why did I thought they were cool? Well the reason is that I was close to these people. I had trust towards these people, and when your close to anybody then that opens a door for great value from that other person to you so that you can benefit. And that means whoever you see as an AUTHORITY then you will LISTEN..really listen. And finally act on it.

People who we see in authority does not have to be people that are older than us only. It could be people who are the same age as us or younger. We classify people as authority when we realise consciously but mostly unconsciously that they have value in what they say and are. And we have people like family and close friends that we put on that type of classification. That means more often than not we listen closely to whats its being said by them . That concludes to us that acting upon certain ideas of theirs will see us as valuable as them. And the more we hang around them the more we will catch the action and do it.

We have to be very careful and serious on who we decide to make close association with. Because whether you like it or not you will catch certain personality traits from them, at least if you care about your growth in life for the future. Its just like with any personal goal, you have to change certain things if you want a different result. You can not do the same thing and expect different results. And in my opinion the people who we associate on a regular have more influence than anything else we need or encounter on our journey to a certain end. Now family.. I'm not saying that if your family are negative or counter productive to your positive beliefs and ideas and dreams to just leave them and never see them again. Just don't hang around them as much as far as for you to give them an opportunity to influence your mind and the same thing goes with friends.

I have plenty of people I know, I know people from many levels on economic rates. And finally from many levels on personalities and beliefs. That means I have people I know who believe that being humble is the appropriate thing to do to the point that making money a focus in life to them is something closer to a sin than a blessing. I also have the friend that is motivated and have burning desires for financial freedom and believes that having money is a necessary goal to be achieved for ultimate happiness in this life.

One of my goals in life IS financial freedom, so would I hang around more with the poor humble person  or the motivated money focus friend? Of course the money motivated friend because we have a similarity trait, But it doesn't mean I will just leave my humble friend either. It means that when its time to relax  and enjoy time with friends sure they are invited. But the money focus person is the person I will catch lunch with throughout the week. Because were going on the same road and our personalities not only match the beliefs but also gives us more joy and concepts to talk about. That is why their our friends. I would suggest you read Napoleon Hill s book called The law of success in 16 lessons or Think and grow rich, because in those books Napoleon Hill talks about a concept few people know and even fewer people apply it but its oh so powerful and that is the concept of The Mastermind.

Napoleon Hill tells us that there is power in focus, when I say power I mean power beyond our physical eyes but that still exist, he mentions that the power dramatically increases when 2 or more people are gathered in communion, meaning their in the same room and all of the ones in the room are LIKE MINDED. This power is what creates your reality, whether you are a loser or winner this power of focus Napoleon hill and many others have talked about plays at least 90% of the result. When were next to a person who is going towards that same goal or similar to ours that power of focus increases and the chance of success raises to incredible heights. I will be going over this concept in detail in a later post. But for now I would suggest grabbing a copy of one of these classic and great books from napoleon hill and read about the concept of the MASTERMIND and the power it influences. Then you will understand on a deeper level why the people who we hand around play  Such a big role in whether were a success or failure or just don't seem to get anywhere.