The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. – Epictetus
They say “birds of a feather flock together”. It’s no wonder that pregnant women enjoy spending time with other moms-to-be. Treehuggers connect with other climate change believers. Religious people love to fellowship with people of faith. And financially successful people like to associate with others who are affluent. The latter, however, are often criticized for having an airtight inner circle that’s practically impossible to join unless you’re thriving in life.
A few years back, to overcome that challenge, I joined an exclusive woman’s club in Toronto that enabled me to swirl that wine, network, and grow alongside some of the most successful women in the city from CEO’s of corporations and award-winning business owners, to the top lawyers and artists in the city. The fees were high. Nevertheless, that membership probably was one of the best investments I ever made. Here’s why.
highly successful people generally agree that consciousness is contagious
Associating with people who are winning in life has the potential to not only expand your level of thinking but catapult your income. We become like the people we associate with. That’s why winners are attracted to winners. In other segments of society this is accepted. The rich, though, are judged more harshly for their predisposition to engage with people who enjoy similar financial success. Looking back now I absolutely understand why.
Highly successful people think differently about money than those who are not
- They get paid what they are worth.
- They have more than one income stream.
- They invest the profits in what they know.
- They keep a sharp eye on their net worth.
- They save an insane amount of money.
And so, if you weren’t born into wealth, there’s much to be gained by being in their presence. Expanding on this concept is the idea that millionaires are people who don’t know how to become billionaires. After all, why would someone settle for mere millions when they have the awareness to earn billions? That explains why millionaires are forever trying to access that exclusive group of people who are among the wealthiest on the planet.
The average woman wants to meet millionaires to tell her friends. On the other hand, millionaires want to associate with billionaires to pick their brains. One group is watching the game while the other group is in the game.
The only questions that matter here are: Which one are you in? Do you have a plan to increase the amount of time you spend associating with people who are more well off than you are? If not, why not?
I’m not a fortune teller by any means. But, if you show me who your friends are, I‘ll show you your future. With that said, the goal here is to encourage you to build your squad and realize that you can effectively begin to take your personal and financial growth in the direction of success by simply spending time with highly successful people who already are who you want to be. It’s that easy.