Success Through The Right Network

by skyjoe76

Posted: 15 years ago 5 replies

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

As the saying goes, "Your Network Is Your Networth."

When you are hanging around rich and successful people, you will also be rich and successful.

That's why the poor can't get out of poverty. You usually see poor people hanging around poor people. Their negativity affect and influence each other.

But the rich are always full of good ideas and positive attitude. They are able to support one another good ideas.

Change your financial results by changing your network. How many agree with this?

#network #success

Mark Nehs 15 years ago

I would be surprised if anyone would disagree -- but as we all know some like to create controversy.

The topic and direction of the conversations that happen with people that are going somewhere with their lives are dramatically different then the people that are going nowhere. The ones going nowhere are always complaining and throwing a pity party.

Bring up the same idea with a group of individuals that are accomplishing something and with ones that are not. Completely different responses one group will help you expand and get the idea off the ground the other group will laugh at you and make you question your sanity. Which group are you hanging out with? Which group are you in?

This is particularly timely because we are in the holidays. I forget who said it but they said we can't pick our family but we can pick how much time we spend with them. This doesn't mean ignore your family. However, that Uncle (or whomever maybe your Mom?) that is always trying to shoot you down and belittle you -- be nice and then go hangout with some different relatives.
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Christie Love 15 years ago

This is true. Over the years, I have slowly released my friends who did nothing but bring me negativity and had no drive of their own.

All of my friends make a ton more money than I do. On the other hand, they are very supportive of me and full of helpful ideas to challenge me and push me to succeed at their level.

I can say that friends have made a huge impact on my life. It's because of them that I am happier, more positive, and driven to succeed.
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- axeray 15 years ago
  
  This is a great post.
  
  Surround yourselves with positive thinkers and ignore the negativity of others
  
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kierenm 15 years ago

Yea sure I'd agree. The old adage, 'Bad association spoils useful habits' could be applied here, and inverted likewise into 'Good association enhances useful habits'..
Social proof is very strong- you don't want to go getting it from the wrong people!
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- yuri12 15 years ago
  
  One thing I learned about success with networking is that you need not look up towards people who have made it to where they are and gained profits. Sometimes, the simplest man of the street can inspire ideas to start fresh and find hope amidst uncertainty and a bankrupt pocket. Moral bankruptcy is worse than living a poor life making ends meet. Some people would rather cut corners just to make it to the top, and it tends to trample upon other people's goals to achieve a better life. Prudence is the better judge of net worth. Surrounding yourself with rich people and getting drunk over their success may motivate you to cash in on what's hot, but you might find yourself too drunk to remember what made it hot. Lehman Brothers is a fine example of that "network" that got some motivated people cold and crippled.
  
  Sometimes, it pays to help notice the plight of the financially challenged and find out where they went wrong and how you can help flush that negativity down the toilet. And some of the richest people may be frugal but their philosophies differ as to how they obtain such wealth. It could help that they know people above you or with them but that doesn't change the fact that they are like the people below them. They are still human and their influence is just the same as the beggar down the street finding ways to earn a buck. They can plot worse than the people that can't help you. You just choose the right people to make it happen regardless of their social standing. There is a diamond in the rough as they say.
  
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