Larry Weidel and a co-speaker argue that your circle makes or breaks you. Negative people feel better when you fail and push you to quit. Surround yourself instead with people who challenge you and celebrate your progress.
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Something happens and you try and do something and then you meet resistance or you fail. You start saying, no one's ever done it before, or I'm not good enough. Or you go to— do you immediately go to can't, or do you immediately go to, I know where I can get the answer to that. I know where I can get more resources. Be with people that celebrate your success, not feel better when you fail.
The negative people are going to feel better when you fail. And guess what? They're going to encourage you to fail, quit, or not try. Yet in life, If we move up or advance in our professional careers, we bring people that were not capable of operating at that level, they're going to hold us back. And ultimately they're going to have that mindset and build excuses. And so think about your life that way. Are there people around you that are going to challenge you to be better? And I know throughout my life, if I put people around me that challenge me better, I always find a room that challenges me instead of one that makes me feel better.