Friends and YOUR Life

I have been through a lot for my young age, as I'm sure a lot of you who may read this have...and throughout my 22 1/2 years of life I have encountered a variety of people. Thus, I have developed multiple ways of dealing with different people. Despite this, one thing of I believe all people should do is, take a step back and analyze the people they are close to, specifically those they call "friends".

Some questions you may want to ask yourself are: Are these people moving in the right direction in THEIR lives? Do they want what's best for me as their FRIEND? (The envy of "supposed friends" can have an effect on how progressive a person is towards their goals...especially if those friends resent your success, among other things). Also, do they have legit goals, dreams, aspirations? Are they putting forth the effort needed to make those things come to pass? Or are they just...STAGNANT?  

In other words, are your friends just taking their sweet time to get to WHEREVER they're going to the point that it's doing more to HURT them, than HELP them? Don't get me wrong, not everyone's path is the same, but some people have a tendency to get sidetracked by stagnancy and take a wrong turn into the pathway of complacency. For example, we all know people who had ALL the potential in the world...but are stuck in some current state that you feel is WAAAY beneath them. My point is that, just like a person doesn't need to hang around those who are an OBVIOUS bad influence on their life and well-being, they also need to cut ties with people who are PASSIVELY holding them back...people who subconsciously give off vibes that go AGAINST determination, tenacity, and hard work. Stagnancy can rub off on people, just like other behavior that's not conducive to success.

Bottom line, it's important to know the people around you. It's important to know that they are just as determined in THEIR goals as you are in yours because THIS, yes this has a tendency to rub off as well. I don't know about anyone else,  but seeing OTHER people's success...only makes ME want to go after mine even harder...and that's a GOOD thing....


-Tania AKA Nia Janei...THE Prototype