Change Your Circle of Friends If They Don’t Discuss Money Often.
Have you ever heard the words – “Your network is your net worth”?
Friends that do not discuss ideas that can help you generate money would either get you broke or may not be able to bail you out if you get broke. Your friends determine your value, choose them wisely.
I bet you have heard a lot of quotes on money. One such quote is – “Money can’t buy happiness”. Well, I’ve got an advice for you, if you believe a bit of that, you need to stop reading this article, right now. Who believes such in this age and time anyway?
Of the many money quotes out there, the one that I find to be so hilarious is “Money is the root of all evil”. That statement has so gotten into the heads of the majority of people in our society that it has become taboo amongst some friends to discuss their success stories.
Most friends now find it easier to let their friends know when they are not doing well financially, but unable to tell them when they are successful and making more money than their peers
What is even worse is that some friends do not want you to talk about your success stories when you are around them. This may sound odd, but did you know that you will eventually get to be affected by the energies given out by your friends? Friends who feel bad about your success would do anything possible to pull you down.
Friendship is an elevator – It is either taking you up, or taking you down. It is therefore imperative to choose the friendships you go into carefully.
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Here Are 5 Secrets To Help You Find Productive Friendships:
Define What You Want in A Relationship
Take some time to evaluate your relationships. There is no better way to know what you want than to evaluate yourself and get to truly understand you. By evaluating yourself you would be in a better position to set the right expectations for your relationships, know what you lack, and what is needed to achieve your expectations.
Most people expect the best from their relationships but only a few define what they truly expect and know what it takes to get what they expect. Learn to define your relationships and you would not be easily disappointed by your friends.
Take control: Evaluate Your Friendships
Unlike family, you have the power and the right to choose the people you mingle with. Without mincing words, we get affected by the energies of the people closest to us – Our friends.
Studies have suggested that having solid friends can help us live longer and thus by extension, having toxic friendships may affect our life’s expectancy level. It is important to always take a step back and evaluate the friendship you are in.
While evaluating, however, do not forget those good friends may also have their bad moments. What you should look out for is how often those shaky moments come and if you are getting as much as you are putting into the friendship. If you feel that you’re not getting out as much as you’re putting in, and you find yourself thinking hard on this regularly, your friendship could be unhealthy, or even toxic.
No Unnecessary Freebie For Friends
Years back, I went into a business relationship that became a friendship. We met through a mutual friend of ours. I was told that he was having some issues with his staff and he needed to get them trained so I was called in to help train his staff.
Somehow, our business relationship turned into a friendship and he was somehow able to pull me in to fill the void created by his staff, the one whom he sacked after I trained them. It turned out that the said staff lacked the qualities the organization needed to grow.
Long story short, we became friends and I agreed to stay and fill the void while he does everything to get the staff replaced. Unknown to me, my newly acquired friend did nothing to replace his staff and he managed to keep me in a rat race. I received no compensation for my work and all I did was work for a friend, freely.
Do not get caught up in such a rat race – friends who would not pay you for your professional services are not real friends. Every true friend should support the other to grow. Seriously, Change Your Circle of Friends If They Don’t Discuss Money Often.
Associate With Friends Higher Than You
Some researchers have suggested that you cannot be richer than the average wealth of 5 of your closest friends, in fact, your net worth tends to mirror that of your closest friends. It, therefore, means that it is better to always associate with people on higher levels than yourself if you ever want to take your career, or business to the next level.
One of the benefits of moving with people higher than you is that they affect your mindset positively and expand your mind to greater possibilities. It is natural to feel most comfortable with people who are like you or below you, and that is not so much of a bad thing.
However, no one ever gets rich within a comfort zone, it is good to step outside of your comfort zone once in a while and spend time with people who can expose you to greater things, new friends and useful that you may not have gotten fro mingling with friends on your level.
Give what you expect to get.
If you expect great friends, you first have to be one yourself. If you live by the Golden Rule of treating others as you would want to be treated, then you won’t be disappointed — you will find your friendships fulfilling and rewarding.
Do your friends meet the criteria above? Can you call any of them your purpose partners? If so, then great! If not, then it’s probably time to branch out and start establishing some new relationships. With the secrets above, you can boost the quality of your relationships and your long-term success.
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