Omar Zenhom argues that the people around you determine your ceiling. He trained for FIBA Masters basketball in Greece and noticed his game sharpened with elite players but dropped when playing with lower-level friends. To reach higher levels, deliberately spend time with people already operating there.
This one can be a little bit uncomfortable for people, but it's completely true. Your circle is your ceiling. You will rise to the level of the people you spend your time with. Whatever limits they have, they become your limits. I'm training to play in the FIBA Master Games of basketball in Greece, and I'm now training with some really high-level basketball players on my team, and I automatically play better. I'm sharper, I'm faster because I'm rising to their level. Now, one day a week, I do play with some of my friends that are not at that level. And I, guess what, play worse on those days. Whatever limits the people around you have, they become your limits. Why? Because as human beings, we're very tribal. We don't want to really go outside the limits so that we are accepted, and it's a subconscious thing. So if you want to break through to the next level in your life, in your business, in whatever you're doing, you need to find people who are already operating at that level and spend time with them. Your environment is not the backdrop to your success, it's actually the engine of it. It's what causes you to be is the people around you.
