Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

BE SELECTIVE IN YOUR CHOICES
Many highly successful people are often described as “loners.”
However, this does not mean “a-loners.” They are not isolated, anti-
social individuals. They are loners in that they are highly selective
about who they spend time with. They do not drink coffee with
whoever is sitting there, or go out for lunch with whoever happens
to be walking out the door at the same time. They carefully build
and maintain high-quality relationships, and they fastidiously avoid
negative people who might hold them back.
If associating with positive people is a key to success, then the
flip side is for you to get away and keep away from negative or
“toxic” people. Negative people are the primary source of most un-
happiness. Problems with such people are most likely your major
sources of stress and frustration. Negative people do more to dimin-
ish your joy in life than any other single factor.
It’s much easier to bounce back from financial loss or reverses
in your career than it is to deal with negative people in your work or
personal life. One major negative relationship can be enough to cut
off all your chances of achieving your full potential in your career.
Choose your relationships with care.
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