Trying to be the best in your circle of five actually puts you at the bottom, breeding insecurity. Instead, bring energy, hunger, curiosity, and gratitude to a higher-achieving group. Those intangible qualities matter more than matching their success.
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You are the five people you hang around with the most. How do you change your peer group? What are some tips or tricks to really up level the people that you're around?
I used to have the mentality of I wanted to be like the number one in my top five only to realize that was not really serving me. To try to strive to be number one in my top five I had to be number five in my top five. But the downside to being number five is you're going to feel extremely insecure. So you constantly asking yourself what value do I even have to bring to this top five because they're way more successful than me. Do I even belong here? But I learned that the best trade that you can ever give someone that has more material success than you is your energy, your willingness, your hunger, your curiosity, your gratitude. That infectious energy that you can give someone who's further ahead than you. That's what people love.