[ 2010-11-03 ]

Wise Words From Colin Powell
The less you associate with some people, the more
your life will improve. Any time you tolerate
mediocrity in others, it increases your
mediocrity.

An important attribute in successful people is
their impatience with negative thinking and
negative acting people. As you grow, your
associates will change. Some of your friends will
not want you to go on. They will want you to stay
where they are. Friends that don't help you climb
will want you to crawl. Your friends will stretch
your vision or choke your dream. Those that don't
increase you will eventually decrease you.

Consider this:
Never receive counsel from unproductive people.
Never discuss your problems with someone incapable
of contributing to the solution, because those who
never succeed themselves are always first to tell
you how. Not everyone has a right to speak into
your life. You are certain to get the worst of the
bargain when you exchange ideas with the wrong
person.
Don't follow anyone who's not going anywhere.

With some people you spend an evening: with others
you invest it. Be careful where you stop to
inquire for directions along the road of life.
Wise is the person who fortifies his life with the
right friendships. If you run with wolves, you
will learn how to howl. But, if you associate with
eagles, you will learn how to soar to great
heights.

"A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is
really like is shown by the kind of friends he
chooses."The simple but true fact of life is that
you become like those with whom you closely
associate - for the good and the bad.

Note: Be not mistaken.

This is applicable to family as well as friends.
Yes...do love, appreciate and be thankful for your
family, for they will always be your family no
matter what. Just know that they are human first
and though they are family to you, they may be a
friend to someone else and will fit somewhere in
the criteria above.

"In Prosperity Our Friends Know Us.
In Adversity We Know Our Friends."

"Never make someone a priority when you are only
an option for them."

"If you are going to achieve excellence in big
things, you develop the
habit in little matters. Excellence is not an
exception, it is a
prevailing attitude."

Source - GRi

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