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Why We Need to Create Associations of Success
| Guest post by: Kris De Leon |
Article Overview: To thrive in any entrepreneurial venture, we need to create associations of success. Most of us have heard the saying that we are the average of the 5 people with whom we are most closely associated. Your associations of success will help you follow through with your plan and achieve your goals. You can have the greatest vision and put together the most complete plan of achieving that goal. However, being surrounded by only negative and unsupportive people will derail your plans of making your goal and vision a reality.
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Why We Need to Create Associations of Success
To thrive in any entrepreneurial venture, we need to create
associations of success. Most of us have heard the saying that we are the
average of the 5 people with whom we are most closely associated. Your associations
of success will help you follow through with your plan and achieve your goals.
You can have the greatest vision and put together the most complete plan of
achieving that goal. However, being surrounded by only negative and
unsupportive people will derail your plans of making your goal and vision a
reality.
Without associations of success, your negative associations
may not directly push you off the path towards success, but they can slowly
nudge you off the path over a period of time. The effects are quite subtle, but
if you constantly hear your friends or family say, “That’s not going to work,”
or “You can’t do that,” your subconscious mind will start to absorb these
negative suggestions, and then you will start losing your confidence and belief
that you can carry through with your plan. This will inevitably lead to
underachievement and failure.
If you want to be successful in the network marketing
industry, or any other industry where having the entrepreneurial spirit is
important to success, you need to closely evaluate the five closest people in
your life. Are they associations
of success?
Take the time to reprioritize the people with whom you are
going to associate with, especially if you have made the commitment to reach
new heights of success. You should then organize your associations into three
different categories: disassociations, limited associations, and expanded
associations. The following is an explanation of each category:
Disassociations – These are the types of people who constantly
complain and have nothing but negative influence on your life. While this may
be a painful process, you need to make the hard decision to remove any negative
influence from your life. Otherwise, you will be held back by these people and
fail to reach your goals. You should think that this is more painful in the
long term.
Limited Associations - These are the types of people where
you decide whether you will spend 3 hours with them or 3 minutes. You need to
evaluate what type of influence they may have on you, and then decide how much
of their influence you will let into your life. Obviously, the more positive
the influence, the more time you will spend with them.
Expanded Associations – These are the people you want to
spend more time with because they have achieved success in the area where you
want to make improvements. For example, if you want to become more spiritual,
spend time with someone who has achieved spiritual abundance. If you want to
become a successful business owner, spend more with someone you consider as a
role model and learn from them. Join organizations where you think these people
may belong and make friends with them.
Make sure to create your associations of success with 5
incredible people from whom you want to learn. This will keep you on your path
towards success.
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