Comments on: You Are Who You Associate With

By: An Open Farewell Letter To Co-Workers - Young and Frugal

An Open Farewell Letter To Co-Workers - Young and Frugal — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:47:14 +0000

[...] my fellow Gen-Y reading this, remember that you You Are Who You Associate With, and while you really don’t have much of a choice with who you surround yourself with at work [...]

By: #1 Examine your network of friends | Tomasz Gorecki | Debt In Your 20's Is The Kiss of Death

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:15:02 +0000

[...] You are who you associate with [...]

By: Gilbert Melott | Nextvoice247

Gilbert Melott | Nextvoice247 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:28:56 +0000

Daniel – very solid advice. We constantly pick up the ambient noises and behaviors of our influencers (parents, co-workers, friends, leaders in some cases.) Your advice to surround yourself with like-minded people to reinforce your goals is sound. Baseball players don’t practice with football players. The other very strong thing to keep in mind is that at a time when we are very high tech in our social contact, it is more imperative that we make efforts to be high touch and have live interaction with these individuals as well. There is a unique energy you can get that can propel you forward until the next time you meet….

By: tom

tom — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:06:44 +0000

I am very glad to see this kind of article written because it has become more and more evident for me of the person we become.

Personally I struggled in debt because i associated myself with people who were in the same situation or worse.

Once i started to associate myself with people who were debt free and better off, I started to understand and on the right track.

I will post this article on twitter and facebook, great stuff.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:51:15 +0000

Holly, No problem! I will go ahead and admit that I have poor follow-through skills too. I have to make myself do it, write little reminders, and tell my friends and my wife to keep bugging me, so surrounding myself with people who have good follow-through skills has been key as well!

By: Holly Hoffman

Holly Hoffman — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:58:09 +0000

Great post, Daniel! And thanks for the shout out. Most people are surprised to find out that, while highly motivated, I have very poor follow-through skills. I tend to gravitate toward people who have a knack for getting things done. This way, I can see how to do in real life situations, plus I usually get the bonus of having a new friend who is encouraging and supportive in this aspect of my life.

When I decided I wanted to organize the social media community in my city, I actually drove two hours to another city to meet social community organizers there and pull them into my network. They’ve been invaluable. Next week I’m meeting with three super-talented women who run a marketing agency so I can find out more about that.

There are resources out there – you just have to jump in!