The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM)

Mediocre Circle of Influence
Research  has  shown  that  we  virtually  become  like  the
average  of  the  five  people  we  spend  the  most  time  with.
Who  you  spend  your  time  with  may  be  the  single  most
determining  factor  in  the  person  you  become  and  in  your
quality  of  life.  If  you  are  surrounded  with  lazy,  weak-

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minded,  excuse-making  people,  you’ll  inevitably  become
like  them.  Spend  time  with  positive,  successful  achievers
and  inevitably  their  attitudes  and  successful  habits  will
reflect on you. You’ll become more and more like them.
This  is  true  in  every  area—success,  health,  happiness
weight,  income.  If  all  of  your  friends  are  generally  happy
and  optimistic  people,  then  you  are  going  to  naturally
become  more  happy  and  optimistic  just  by  being  around
them.  If  all  of  your  friends  are  successful  and  earn  over
$100,000  a  year—even  if  you  enter  their  circle  earning  far
less—you  will  automatically  be  pulled  up  by  their  level  of
thinking and influenced by the habits they’ve established to
be successful.
On  the  contrary,  if  most  of  the  people  you  associate
with  are  constantly  complaining  and  focused  on  the
negative  side  of  life,  the  odds  are  you  will  be  too.  If  your
friends are not striving to improve their lives, or if they’re
struggling financially, then they’re not going to challenge or
inspire you to do any better.
Unfortunately,  there  will  be  a  lot  of  people  who  are
trying to get ahead in life but keep  getting  pulled  down  by
the  people  around  them.  This  can  be  especially  difficult
when those people are your family. You must be strong and
make  sure  you  spend  less  time  with  people  who  don’t
encourage and challenge you to become the best you can be.
Seek  out  people  who  believe  in  you,  admire  you,  and
can  help  you  get  where  you  want  to  go  in  life.  You  must
actively  seek  out  such  people  to  improve  your  circle  of

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influence—they  rarely  just  show  up  by  chance.  Here  are
some ways that you can do that: