PROGRESS NO 1 CAN STOP ME!

The less i associate with some people, the more my life will improve. Any time i tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases my mediocrity. An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people. As i grow, my associates will change. Some of my friends will not wnat me to go on. They will want me to stay where they are, Friends that don't help me climb will want me to crawl. My friends will stretch my vision or choke my dream. Those that don't increase me will eventually decrease me. Consider this :i will Never receive counsel from unproductive people, never discuss my problems with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those who never succeed themselves are always first to tell me how. Not everyone has a right to speak into my life. I am certain to get the worst of the bargain when i exchange ideas with the wrong person. I will not follow anyone who's not going anywhere. With some people i spend an evening: with others i invest it. I am careful where i stop to inquire for directions along the road of life. Wise is the person who fortifies his life with the right friendships. If i run with wolves, i will learn how to howl. But, if i associate with eagles. i will learn how to soar to great heights. "A mirror reflects a man's face,but what i am really like is shown by the kind of friends i choose." The simple but true fact of life is that i become like those with whom i closely associate-for the good and the bad.