- According to Jim Rohn, you are the average
of the five people you spend the most time with.
Is that true?
And if so, do I need to start ditching
some of my friends?
If you're ready to tackle this tough topic,
let's do it.
(electronic whooshing)
Hey, this is Leslie Samuel here
from becomeablogger.com, where we're changing
the world one blog at a time, and I love people.
I'll admit it, I'm a people-aholic. (laughs)
Is that a word? (laughs)
Whether or not it is, it works for me.
Seriously, I'm happiest when I'm around people.
People I love, people I just met,
people who are weird, people who are just like me
and even people who are absolutely nothing like me.
By spending time with people, I learn more
about the world around me.
When I first started on this entrepreneurial journey
back in 2008, I lived in a really tiny town.
It was called Cedar Lake, Michigan.
I'm sure there are only a few hundred people
who live there.
If you wanted to go grocery shopping,
you had to literally drive a few miles
down the road to the next town over
because we had nothing in Cedar Lake.
Wait, wait, no, we did have a post office.
That counts for something, right?
Needless to say, this wasn't exactly
a booming (laughs) metropolis, and there weren't
many entrepreneurial types around,
if any at all.
Now, while I was living there, it became
blatantly obvious to me that I needed
to do something to surround myself with people
who were on this entrepreneurial journey,
people who were facing some of the same
struggles I was facing, and some who
were farther along on the journey than I was,
but I couldn't find that in my own community.
So what did I do?
In the beginning, I turned to podcasts.
I started listening to content from people
who became my virtual mentors.
By doing so, my mindset started shifting.
No, that's not the same as having
personal relationships, but for me,
it was a step in the right direction.
Then I started my own podcast, and started
interviewing successful entrepreneurs
across the globe.
Why?
Bed I wanted to be around those kinds of people
so that I could soak in what they were dishing out.
But it didn't stop there.
I decided to start going to conferences
in the social media and blogging space.
Yeah, it was a significant investment,
but you know what ended up happening?
My relationships started evolving naturally.
It's not that I was getting rid
of old relationships.
No, I wasn't doing that.
It was that I was forming new relationships,
and these relationships were lifting me
to another level in my business and life.
I started to connect with people
who were where I wanted to be.
Then those relationships started getting deeper
and deeper.
I even ended up being a part of a few
different mastermind groups.
If there's one thing that has completely
transformed my business, it's my mastermind groups,
one in particular.
I've been meeting with these guys weekly
for the last few years.
We invest in each other.
We share things that we're struggling with
in our businesses and even our lives,
and are poured into by five other guys
who are personally, cognitively
and emotionality invested in each other's success.
We're like brothers from a bunch of mothers.
(laughs) Okay, that was wack, but it was
kinda like brothers from another mother.
No, it's not working?
Okay, then I'll go back to what I was saying.
Without this mastermind (laughs) group,
I would not be where I am today.
These guys inspired me to push harder
in my business.
They challenge me to look beyond what I see
right in front my eyes.
They build me up and aren't afraid to challenge me
in ways that make me super uncomfortable at times,
but it has changed my life.
I've laughed with them and cried with them.
Yes, I'm a crier.
Okay, no, not usually.
I don't go around crying.
Never mind.
But seriously, surrounding myself
with ambitious, uplifting, supportive people
has made this journey so much better.
It has helped me accomplish things that I
never thought was possible.
As I look back over my life, I can see
how people who I allow into my inner circle
has changed me for the better and for the worse.
When I was around people who just wanted
to bum around and do nothing, I enjoyed
bumming around and doing nothing.
When I was around party animals,
I was more of a party animal.
Party over here, party over.
When I was around people who skipped
a lotta classes, I skipped a lotta classes.
When I spent a lotta time with studious people,
my grades all of a sudden soared.
When I'm around inspiring people doing big things,
I'm inspired to do big things myself.
Now, maybe you're thinking, man, Leslie,
you're so wishy washy.
Maybe, but I also believe that we create
our own reality by determining what we choose
to focus on, and what we choose to focus on
is heavily influenced by who we're focusing with.
If you wanna change your reality,
if you're unsatisfied with where you are in your life
and your business, ask yourself this question:
Who am I letting influence me?
Who are the people in my inner circle?
Are they building me up?
Are they pushing me to be better?
Or are they holding me down?
If it's more of the latter, I wanna challenge you
right now, start looking for people
who will lift you up, people who will challenge you.
I got a question for you.
Who's one person that has pushed you
to be a better you?
Now, you don't have to say the name
if you don't want to, but if you do want to, go ahead.
Share it in the comments and let me know
how they do that for you.
Then find a way to thank them.
Okay, so I have good news and bad news.
The bad news is that we're pretty much
at the end of this video, but the good news is,
the great news is that there's a lot more
great content coming your way
every single weekday.
Go ahead and like this video,
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This is Leslie Samuel here from becomeablogger.com,
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Until next time, take care and God bless.
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