The 5 am club

The Billionaire’s Maxim #5
Avoid Bad People.
Never underestimate the power of your associations. By the phenomenon
known as “emotional contagion” as well as through the activation of the
mirror neurons in our brains, we model the behavior of the people we spend
our days with. Fill your life with exceptionally excellent, enterprising,
healthy, positive, ethical and sincerely loving people. And over time, you’ll
exemplify these lofty traits. Allow dream stealers, energy thieves and
enthusiasm bandits into your Tight Bubble of Total Focus and please know
you’re sure to become like them.
The real key is to avoid trouble creators. People who have grown up in an
environment riddled with drama and non-stop problems will consciously and
subconsciously re-create drama and nonstop problems because, as amazing as
it seems, such conditions feel familiar, safe and like home to them. Stay away
from all drama queens and negativity kings. If you don’t, sooner or later,

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they’ll dissolve your bigness and destroy your life. It’s just what they do.
Relate peacefully, as much as possible, with everyone. Even one enemy is
an enemy too many. Pass through life gracefully, taking the high road when
conflict shows up. Should someone do you wrong, let karma do the dirty
work. And let a world-class life be your revenge.
Clipped to the sixth letter in the metal safe box was paper money of a large
denomination. It had been folded into a triangle, for some cryptic reason
unknown to the entrepreneur and the artist. This letter was longer than the
others. It said: