Oluseun ArowolajuFounder, The Tentmakers · preacher. builder.

Surround Yourself With Faster Runners: #shorts

Name: Surround Yourself With Faster Runners: #shorts
Uploaded: 2025-12-08T00:42:15+00:00
Duration: 1 min 29 s
Channel: Oluseun Arowolaju
Description: In this motivational YouTube short, the speaker urges viewers to intentionally surround themselves with people who are faster, smarter, or more…

8 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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In this motivational YouTube short, the speaker urges viewers to intentionally surround themselves with people who are faster, smarter, or more spiritually mature than they are. He argues that staying with slower peers stems from a lack of mentorship or an inferiority complex, and that true growth comes from seeking out mentors who excel in the areas you wish to improve. The speaker ties personal identity to one's closest friends, suggesting that the quality of those relationships reflects one's own character and spiritual health. He outlines a concrete 2026‑2027 action plan: evaluate the domains you want to develop, identify individuals who are already excelling in those domains, and actively seek their mentorship—regardless of age. The ultimate message is that competition should be internal, using higher‑performing peers as catalysts for self‑improvement rather than as rivals. By 2027, embracing this approach will lead to gratitude and personal advancement.

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You need to run with people that are faster than you. If you're the smartest or the best person in the room, it's not a flex. You either lack mentors or you have an inferiority complex in which you want to constantly be around people that are worse than you so you can feel better about yourself. In 2026, that needs to change. See, my dad always told me that if I show him my friends, he would know who I am. Another good friend of mine said that you your spiritual life is the amount of the 5 closest friends that you have. So when you evaluate your friends and your circles, does anybody own anything that you want? Is anybody more prayerful than you? Is anybody helping you to be a better believer? If not, you're not being your best self. So in 2026, I want you to evaluate the areas of life that you want to improve and find people that are doing better than you in those areas and honestly seek their mentorship. They might be older than you or your same age, but you You need to surround yourself with people that are running faster than you. The thing about being around people that are better than you is that at some point you realize you're not in competition with them. You're in competition with yourself. So these people are just helping you be better than who you were yesterday. You're not being around them to compete with them and be better than them. You're just trying to improve yourself. So find those people, call those people, befriend those people. By 2027, you'll be thankful for it. Peace.