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My favourite text from the book of Book of Proverbs is Proverbs 13:20. It reads, and I quote, “Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.” It is just right. Association is a powerful factor we mostly underestimate.

Have you ever been part of a group and it suddenly dawned on you that you can be more? You may not even notice it at first. You just keep hanging around certain kinds of people, and their consistent behaviour begins to subtly rub off on you.

One day you wake up and realize you have come far from where you used to be. You have picked up certain foreign traits simply as a result of association. Hence the need for your circle to be solid.

I once read somewhere that if you want to go further or climb higher, surround yourself with people who are actively climbing, or who have already climbed to the point you desire. Their experience may just rub off on you. That is why mentorship exists.

As a lazy person, let me share this small hack with you. If you have what seems like an impossible goal, place yourself in circles where that goal is the norm. When the environment already expects that level, you will naturally stretch to meet it.

That, my dear reader, is what I call the lazy way of achieving your goals.

Dearest reader, choose your company carefully. The people around you are either quietly building you or slowly breaking you. Either way, something is always rubbing off.

Choose wisely.

@favvy_Okwans🖤.