Peter Vander Wall breaks down Jordan Peterson's rule to choose friends who want the best for you. Spending time with people who have harmful habits normalizes those behaviors and lowers your standards. Pick friends who challenge you to improve instead.
If you spend time with someone who has a bad habit, you start to benchmark your success based on them. Their alcoholism makes your occasional binge drinking seem okay. Their sleeping with a different person every single night makes your occasional cheating look like not such a big deal. They're far more likely to tear you down than you are. To build them up. Would you recommend this friend to somebody else? Or are you only friends with them because you have some sort of savior complex and you think you're going to fix them? It's impossible to help someone who doesn't want to be helped, so. So you need to select your friends with extraordinary care. When you spend time with people who support you in your quest for success, they won't accept your bad habits. They'll challenge you to a higher standard. And to boot, maybe that bad friend you left years ago will see what's possible for them through your example and come join you. This is Jordan Peterson's book, 12 Rules for Life. And today we're talking about rule number three. Make friends with people who want the best for you.
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