When I say you'll never outgrow your social circle, I mean that the people you surround yourself with will act as an anchor, and you’ll never get much better than that.

So, if you're trying to get really healthy physically, for example, but you're constantly around unhealthy people, it’s going to be much harder to improve. Spending a lot of time with those people will influence you in a thousand invisible ways, making it difficult to achieve your physical goals.

On the other hand, if you replace them with fitness fanatics, you’ll get incredibly healthy very quickly.

Never see yourself as isolated from your social circle. Everyone you have contact with affects your brain, and you can’t prevent that from happening.

So, assume that whatever is around you is dragging you in a particular direction.

If you're around someone who is miserable and pessimistic, you're somehow becoming more miserable and pessimistic just by being around them. Even if you feel like you’re fighting it or tell yourself you can resist, you can’t.

They’re poisoning you with it.

The opposite is also true.

If you’re around someone who's upbeat and says, "Come on, we can do this," over time, you’re going to believe in yourself more.

It will affect you.

Choose your influences very carefully, because you can’t choose whether they influence you—they will, with or without your permission.

To dive deeper into this topic, check out the original video here:

https://youtu.be/Xh53HntaARM

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