Your social life influences your future

[Distinctin]

They say you are the average of the people you associate with, so if you only hang out with mediocre people, you will certainly become mediocre. And by mediocre, we mean someone who lives in the average. If your desire is to become great, you must associate with people who have the same purpose. I heard a phrase that makes perfect sense to me: "If you are the smartest person at the table, you are at the wrong table." It's not about arrogance or being the "best," it's about learning, evolving. Sit at tables where you are the least knowledgeable, and you will learn a lot.

If you want to achieve great things in life, deal with people who share the same purpose and goals in life. It is not about who have achieved many or less, but its the right mindset and proven strategies of these people that will create a difference in your life. You get some benefits from them, and at the same time, they also learned form you, that's how mutual cooperation works. If you think others are competing, then your circle of friends may not be the right people for you.

[rbynxx]

If you hang out with people who have ambitions, talk about business potential or profit potential, talk about the future for the better, self improvement, talk about knowledge, talk about technology and investment, slowly your ambitions will be awakened, your knowledge will increase and you will realize that you have to organize your life to be better, because every time you will hear people talking about how to live more advanced.

This is true and it has positive impact in your life if you could do this. Besides if your parents comes from this kind of characteristics you'll also adapt what they do and thank God my mom isn't that kind to hang out with those kind of people and probably that's what we inherited up to this day and we siblings are truly thankful for that.

[iamsange]

If you tolerate yourself dealing with pessimistic people, most likely you will also become one in the next days or months. But if you are selective with your friends and only focus on positive, smart and hard-working individuals, you will also tend to adopt their traits and become as successful and goal-oriented as they are. Your friends will serve as your mirror, their kind of characters will definitely be your own self in the future. So do not settle on friends that you can't gain benefits, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, but be with people who could motivate you to improve yourself for the better or the best, and not that could turn you into your worst version of yourself.

Choosing the right environment will certainly bring positive changes in your life, not only in terms of developing information to strengthen your economy through business networks, but also in the positive energy it radiates, impacting your psychology, preventing you from getting caught up in things that could worsen the situation. However, to reach that group, you must also have good intentions and good intentions.

Many cases occur where friends simply exploit the situation and only serve to worsen the situation. Furthermore, arguments about things you don't fully understand can be even more chaotic.

[viljy]

There is no doubt that a person's environment has a certain influence on him. But in most cases, this influence is harmful. A person descends to the level of his environment. But to be honest, I don't know a single person who somehow began to communicate with rich people and therefore became rich himself because he suddenly became the same, adopted their way of thinking, etc. There is also the question of why these successful people would want to communicate with someone who is not at their level? If, of course, you take a person with ambitions for a successful person, which are expressed in terms of "taking out a loan and winning the jackpot," then yes, that's right, such ambitions are very contagious...

[Iranus]

It could be you today who is stuck in the economy because you hang out with weak, stupid, and failed people, who only talk about things that have no value.

If you are stuck in struggling economy, you are unemployed, low income or living in poverty. It is your fault, because you are lazy, lack of effort, lack of good knowledge, lack of skills. Or want to get rich quickly by speculating on risky assets like bitcoin, and think it will help you get rich quickly without having to work hard. It is not your friends who make you poor.

It's true that your social life will affect your future to some extent, but don't blame your friends or those around you if you fail. It sounds ridiculous.

Your life and future depends on you, who you hang out with doesn't matter and doesn't affect you too much if you know how to control it.

[jcojci]

We choose where we want to engage so we should select a good social life that can give us more positive effects. We need to filter what we get from social life so we don't get attracted to negative social life. If we realize that we want a better life, we should search for those who want a better life so we can try together and help each other.

We can hang out with all the people around us but we must be selective about who we get closer to. It is why we choose with whom we want to walk together achieving our dreams. We leave the bad social life and do not care too much about them because we want better things for our lives.

[Hypnotizer]

Sure, most poor people love hanging out with people with poor mentality because they dislike meaningful discussion and instead love meaningless conversations and the ambitious and passionate people always will discuss something that’s helpful and meaningful to them. When you look at these things you see that some people don’t waste their spare time, they’ll use it productively while the others will use that spare time in useless fun activities, that is the difference in the mindsets of both people and that’s what shape who they become.

That is why it is important to sometimes distant yourself from people with different mindset from yours because when you’re too close, their mentality can influence you. There are some stages of growth where you won’t need anybody that is not adding any productivity in you, that is why you will see a rich friend not wanting to associate with poor friends anymore , he rather associate with his rich mates. The people you hangout or associated with will have huge influence in your mindset and your mindset will determine or shape your future, so be very careful when choosing a friend to mostly spend your time with.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

If you hang out with people who have ambitions, talk about business potential or profit potential, talk about the future for the better, self improvement, talk about knowledge, talk about technology and investment, slowly your ambitions will be awakened, your knowledge will increase and you will realize that you have to organize your life to be better, because every time you will hear people talking about how to live more advanced.

We will make significant progress in life if we are in the right environment, and perhaps associating with people who are ambitious in business or other areas of self-development will spark our enthusiasm to get started. That's why people say that a forward-thinking environment and people can have an impact on us because they don't waste time in unproductive ways. I believe that associating with such people can help us develop further. All of these can be good triggers for self-development, but it also requires individual skills. If we are lazy about associating with anyone, it won't help. Instead, we ourselves must strive harder to develop ourselves.

[SmartGold01]

Just as they says "show me you friends and I will tell you whom you are"! This phrase isn't for a joke as we just have to be that careful and mindful with anyone we are mingling with or even associating with as a bad life could be that affect our future.. When as a man or woman living your life we should be that openly to understand things to do in other not to soil their reputation and trustworthiness. So for someone to grow as they think and wishes in life there should be a discipline for s/he to achieve their goals.

[bounceback]

Social factors indeed greatly influence the direction and goals of our lives in the future. I often hear many motivational speakers always say, "If you want to be successful, hang out with successful people." These words may sound very simple, but they actually have a very deep meaning that requires us to learn the mindset and habits that can lead us to success.
Associating with successful people, even if we can't be as successful as they are, at least associating with them can benefit us when starting a business because they will always support every business we run and they will also advise us on decisions that have a positive impact on our business.

[LeyMonte]

When we look at the situation around us, we see many such people with whom we will not benefit from associating or talking. But those who are a little active and aware do not spend much time even if they chat with them. Since childhood, my parents used to teach us to always listen to the wise and try to stay in touch with those who are improving their lives. Always take advice from older brothers who are moving forward on the path of improvement in life. Although we cannot neglect the people around us, we have to spend less time with them from within and if possible, it is better to take them forward to do something good. However, one cannot ruin one's position by wasting time with them unnecessarily.

[DrBeer]

Let's say you're an ordinary person, just like everyone else.

If you hang out with people who only talk about other people, talk about gossip, talk about grievances and talk about things that are not important for your personal development, you will stay in that position, don't expect life to get better.

If you hang out with people who have ambitions, talk about business potential or profit potential, talk about the future for the better, self improvement, talk about knowledge, talk about technology and investment, slowly your ambitions will be awakened, your knowledge will increase and you will realize that you have to organize your life to be better, because every time you will hear people talking about how to live more advanced.

It could be you today who is stuck in the economy because you hang out with weak, stupid, and failed people, who only talk about things that have no value.

I always adhere to the concept that it is necessary to communicate with people who are more successful. This is not only an opportunity to gain some experience or knowledge, but also motivation to develop and move forward.
 Plus, it's an opportunity to establish good connections for developing your business or personal career. The essence of this approach is that your environment has a strong influence on you, and if you communicate more often with people who have no goals and just “go with the flow,” you will eventually adopt this concept...

[libert19]

For some reason most people miss a huge confounding variable that great people tend to attract to other great people, and vice versa.

As they say, birds of same feather flock together.

To be honest, just be yourself. Time will tell who is the smart fella and who is the fart smella.

How do you figure who you are? What I take myself to be is merely result of surroundings, and I don't feel this to be having any weight because I could be born elsewhere and I would be a different person.

People welcome people with the same mind.  I do not think people with good morals will stay to mingle with people with bad morals but I agree environment shape people unless people seclude themselves and keep away from outside influence.

I did seclude myself from my surroundings through Internet & video games and I find myself rather different from family.

But once a character is established, I do not think outside influence will have that strong influence anymore

Yes, but still character established will be result of things you got influenced with, so what weight such a character has got?

[Akaenyi]

The circle you associate with goes a long way to determine how far you will go in life, if you are always around business oriented people you will most likely be successful. If you associate mostly with failures and people who don't have visions to succeed it is most likely that you will find it difficult to succeed in life.

Most importantly self evaluation will make you to know how far you have come and whether you have the potentials to reach your next level. Apart from the mindset of the people that you associate with you still need personal self development. If you associate with great minds and you don't better yourself to live up to their expectations it is likely that you won't last with such associates.

[Xcode7]

The circle you associate with goes a long way to determine how far you will go in life, if you are always around business oriented people you will most likely be successful. If you associate mostly with failures and people who don't have visions to succeed it is most likely that you will find it difficult to succeed in life.

Most importantly self evaluation will make you to know how far you have come and whether you have the potentials to reach your next level. Apart from the mindset of the people that you associate with you still need personal self development. If you associate with great minds and you don't better yourself to live up to their expectations it is likely that you won't last with such associates.

That's true. I also think that environment has a huge influence on our success. There's a strong driving force when we're around successful people, and the opposite is also true when we're around lazy or unsuccessful people, so we're more likely to do the same.

But that's the biggest possibility, and it all comes back to ourselves. Sometimes people succeed despite their unfavorable environment, and sometimes people fail even when surrounded by successful people. So the most important thing is to focus on yourself.

[karabiber]

Our social circle is one of the most important factors that influence us economically. Most job opportunities come through acquaintances. Someone with good connections finds work more easily, gets better-paying offers, or can easily reach people who will help them start their own business. Your social circle can even determine what kind of work you do.

For example, if your group of friends is involved in technology related work, you can probably get involved in these jobs by following technological developments, even if you don't understand technology yourself. People generally want to behave in harmony with their environment. This leads to most of our daily habits. For example, if you have a hard-working and visionary environment, it will lift you up, but if you have an environment that constantly complains and focuses on negativity, it will drag you down.

[bakasabo]

To be honest, OP hasnt opened my eyes. It was stated long time ago that you are who you surround yourself with. People who surround you directly influence what your future will be, because people tend to copy behavior and decisions people around them make. Even though person is an individuality, that person usually takes easies path in life and copy other, use their experience for his own sake.

[Hewlet]

If you hang out with people who only talk about other people, talk about gossip, talk about grievances and talk about things that are not important for your personal development, you will stay in that position, don't expect life to get better.

The emphasis is if you're hanging out with same set of people that are only discussing on things that doesn't add value to yourself then changing that circle of influence is neccesary if not, associating with with different set of people both the ones that are carrer driven and the ones that are just the regular folks helps you to gain good Ballance in your work, social life.

Life can be very much a mistery and sometimes, the least person you despise might be all you need to get to the next phase of life even in that field you're so much involved in. Be a bit selective of the people you choose to associate with but don't allow the selection make you completely cut off from people you feel won't contribute a dime to you. There's a level of maturity that comes when you're able to manage the different class of people you relate with in your circle.

[aioc]

It could be you today who is stuck in the economy because you hang out with weak, stupid, and failed people, who only talk about things that have no value.

You cannot be different from the people you hang around because likes beget likes and birds of the same feather flock together, so much of your success depends on who you associate with.
Good influence will have a profound effect on your well-being and destiny, so part of your education is finding the right people to guide you.
This is also how you want your children to grow in the company of good people, and this is what you want your house to be built.

[capokmerah]

I agree with the view that a person’s social environment greatly determines the direction of their life. Essentially, we are a reflection of the people we interact with most. If every day we are surrounded by gossip, complaints, or conversations that add no value, our mindset will also get stuck at the same level. It’s hard to expect any change when the environment itself doesn’t push us to grow.

On the other hand, spending time with ambitious people those who talk about business opportunities, investments, technology, and self-development automatically shapes a more progressive way of thinking. We become more aware of opportunities, more confident in taking action, and more open to new knowledge. This kind of environment often becomes a catalyst for major positive changes in someone’s life.

An individual’s economic development is indeed heavily influenced by social factors, which is why there is a branch of study called social economics. When we surround ourselves with people who frequently discuss economics or investment, we at least gain the right connections and more options to improve our financial situation. Even simple discussions can open new insights or lead us to opportunities we had never considered before.

In essence, if we want a better life, one of the fastest steps is to improve our social environment. It’s not about looking down on others, but about choosing an environment that aligns with the goals we want to achieve.