BEFORE YOU GET ALL UPSET!!!

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Sometimes we have to “cut the fat” out of our lives and not just our diet.  “Fatty friends” are those who add unnecessary “weight” in our lives that slow us down.  Those people we have chosen to bring in to our lives because we thought it a good idea but ended up not being the best choice.

You’ve heard the saying, “You become like the 5 people you spend the most time with.” If you’re finding yourself “stuck” in life, perhaps it’s time to take inventory of the people you spend time with.

Even the most positive person will begin to adopt the thinking of those he or she spends the most time with.  I’ve seen rubber polish steel to the point it wore a groove in it.That constant and unending friction shaped that steel in the direction it normally wouldn’t go.  It took time.  It took consistency.  But, eventually, it wore a grove that was very noticeable.

The same principle works in reverse.  You can take a negative person and surround them with positive attitudes, encouraging words and actions, positive examples… and eventually in most cases, they will begin to adopt that mindset.  They will eventually adopt that attitude.  They will begin to THINK like these people and move forward.  I know, I was one of those people.  While not an extremely negative person, I still defaulted to judging and negativity when I wasn’t accomplishing something I wanted to.  However…

Brandy and I have been fortunate and extremely blessed to be able to spend time with and be mentored by some of the most positive and encouraging people on earth.  They push us each day to be BETTER.  Not because it benefits them, but, because they’ve been where we were too… and come through to the other side MORE than what they started as.  We’re not simply talking success in “money-making,” but, in LIFE.

You want to be a better husband… surround yourself with men you admire who’s marriage reflects what you want yours to be.  You want to be a better employee?  Watch the ones who you respect and admire who are moving forward and learn from them.  You want to lose weight and be more healthy?  Surround yourself with people who will encourage you and hold you accountable in love.  You want to succeed in anything… find those who are doing it and do what they do in a way that follows YOUR values!