"Get around people who have something of value to share with you." - Jim Rohn
In the world of ours where network has grown so much that we can hardly imagine ourselves to be staying alone in solitary for the rest of life. We can't necessarily avoid talking to negative people and associate with negative environments. However the little daily exposure to negative environments can easily influence one's mind and drain one's confidence. There are ways to limit the negative association.
Limit the time
We can't really avoid people who are negative but we can limit the time we actually spend with such people and in doing that we can limit their ability to influence us negatively. The negative people who have negative attitudes towards everything, tend to influence our thinking, believing, achievement and success. They instantly react negatively and make us believe that they know everything and we seem to agree with their opinions. The best choice is to limit the time we spend with negative environments and people.
Value the limited association with negative people and environments.
Excessive influence is bad and it automatically creates poor habits or disciplines. There are cases where our friends whose negative influences affect us so much that we feel they are killing our dreams and aspirations. It is better to limit our association with them because their poisoning attitude is dangerous.
Expand your association with positive people and environments.
We must value our association with people who are positive and encouraging. The positive environment uplifts our spirits and makes us go for the goals we want to achieve in life. The expanded association of positive people can influence us positively on our feelings and confidence that we can easily overcome the negative influences. It is better to spend enough time with good and right people than the negative association.
Read books, Listen to tapes and Watch videos.
If we can't associate with positive people because it is hard to find near by then you can find ways to associate with such people. The best ways are to read books written by people who are positive and empowering; listen to their audio programs while driving cars or doing other chores, this will fill your mind with positive energies to march ahead towards your goals. Another way is to watch the video programs by people you think are positive and speak to your heart. These are the ways that we can easily limit our association with negative people and environment.
Decide consciously
It is possible to limit our association with negative people and environment provided we are serious about our decision and willing to make our future a better one. We know that negative influences do impact us subtly that we can't even trace it easily. It is so subtle that it escapes our common sense and consciousness. Everything seems like normal but nothing is in fact normal there. We know this when we don't get the results we are looking for. So limit the influences with negative people.
Negative influences can come from any body, it can be your own wife, parents, children, neighbours and friends but you should be sure of who you want to spend your most precious time with. Be sharp enough to make a quick decision in this regard and your life will be transformed very fast.
Alwed Ekka
Guide Coach Mentor
