How to Improve Your Life & Environment

90% of the people in your life should add value to your life. That's one of the fastest ways to improve your life without doing anything else.

How will you improve your life if you're hanging around a bunch of knuckleheads?

You're the average of the seven people that you hang out with. So if you think about it in those terms, who are you hanging around? And what's the average?

If you don't like it, you should find a new group.

That's a hard way to look at it, but it’s the truth. You are the average of the seven people you hang out with–financially, morally, and everything else.

That's why you should be picky about who you associate with. If you want to grow and expand and achieve lofty goals, you need to evaluate your circle.

If you’re hanging out with people who are doing stupid stuff, you will be the average of that. If your circle is partying, drinking, etc. that’s where you will find yourself. You want to talk with and associate with people who are operating at a high level and are ambitious, so you will be the average of that.

When I go through my text messages, the last few people I’ve been texting are all wealthy and successful.

One guy who runs a $3 billion company, another guy worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and another guy worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Stop talking to anybody that's doing stupid stuff, and start associating with people producing–you’ll see serious changes and quickly.

At some point, you only have time for the things that are gonna move the needle or have some value in your life.

You have to make a choice. Don't ostracize yourself, but remember you only have so much time in the day.

So if you're spending time with things that aren't going to make you better or going to create value in your life, wouldn't that be a waste of time?

Through association, you acknowledge the things in your environment which are not at an ideal state and say you're okay with it.

So you have to be aware of where you are, where you are putting your time and who you are associating with.

Make Some Tough Decisions

If you’ve ever thought that it's hard for people to cut others off for their dreams, you’d be one of many. It's hard for people to say that their goals are more important than having another person in their life.

That's a hard decision to make for a lot of people.

You see it every day; you see people sacrificing their own happiness because they're unwilling to cut somebody off.

If they did cut certain people off, you’d see that they'd be more successful.

Ask yourself if it’s hard to focus on your own dreams and goals over people. It gets easier to not give up something you have once you make it. It’s understandable when you're looking ahead, you don't know if you're going to make it.

You might wind up alone at the end of it all, and that's where people get hung up is, "Should I risk being alone for my dream?"

Never look at it that way; never be afraid of being alone.

If you have goals and aspirations,  it should be more painful to not succeed than it is for you cut ties with someone who isn’t adding value to your life.

Don’t be that person on your deathbed many years from now saying shoulda, woulda, coulda. That should be way more painful for you than cutting ties with somebody that's not good for you.

It's a tough decision, but one you have to make. You don't have to call the person and say, "Hey, I'm not hanging out with you anymore." I do not recommend doing that.

If you're associated with someone that is not good for you, simply start to distance yourself. If that’s not possible at first, the alternative is you can try to handle them and say, "Hey, look, I need you to stop being negative around me." etc., 

But if they don't stop…then ciao.

Are your dreams worth giving up for one person?