You are the Average of the Five People You Hang Out with the Most
The Five People You Hang Out With the Most
One of the biggest factors in the success or failure of your business or the success or failure of your entire life is the five people that you spend the most time with on a regular basis. Those people are either going to lift you up or drag you down. As Mike Murdock says: “Every Friend feeds a Strength or a Weakness.”
If Steve Jobs had not hung out with Steve Wozniak and if the two of them had not hung out with the guys at the Homebrew Computer Club in Northern California, there would no Apple Computer company. The history of the last 40 years would probably be very different. Think about it!
The Founder of Dropbox Agrees with me!
Drew Houston is the 33-year-old billionaire founder of Dropbox, the file-sharing and storage service, at age 24. In January 2014, after his company was valued at $10 billion, Houston joined Forbes’ billionaire ranks, where he still holds a spot today.
In a recent interview with Adam Bryant of The New York Times, Drew Houston told students in his 2013 commencement speech at MIT, his alma mater, that “you’re the average of your five closest friends, so make sure to put yourself in an environment that pulls the best out of you.”
Read the full New York Times interview here.
Please leave a comment below if this helped to educate, inform, motivate or inspire you in any way.
Thanks for your message today! I like the story about Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. It really made me think about my own circle of influence.
Dr. Jen,
Thanks for being the very first to comment on this blog post! Glad you liked the video. It really gets you thinking about who you spend the most time with, don’t it? Have a Great Sunday!
Thank you for taking time to share this! I believe this is a HUGE key to success or failure in life and I’m so glad you’re spreading the message!!!
Stephanie,
Like you said, NO ONE else out there is writing about this topic. So glad you wrote a book about it, because a book NEEDED to be written about this topic! The people you hang out with the most, make All the Difference in your life!!! Great Book, BTW!!!
This is quite an eye opening video Jim!
And I suspect, a time for some honest
soul searching!
It’s easy to get off track, especially if those closest around you, are not exactly rooting for you!
You’ve forced us to ask and hopefully get some thoughtful answers!
Thanks for sharing an extremely thoughtful video.
Mark,
You are right again. The wrong people can Easily bring you down without even trying. The right people can lift you up while you reach for your dreams. The choice is up to us!