“Become wise by walking with
the wise.” – Proverbs 13:20
“Successful
people surround themselves with successful people.” – Jack Canfield
“Inspire”.
That was the first talk of the new series at The Feast, “The Spark”. How do you
get inspired? How do you motivate yourself to achieve your goals, your dreams?
The
first step is to analyze your situation. We were given 3 pieces of paper and
were told to write down our goals in life, our dreams, on the first one. Next,
we were asked to write down the names of five people we spend most of our time
with on the second sheet. Then the questions came: “Does your gang match your
goal? Do your companions match who you want to become.” This was important to
determine because as Jim Rohn said, “You are the average of the five people you
spend the most time with.”
So
if you want to be a millionaire, hang out with millionaires. You want to up the
ante? Then hang out with billionaires. You want your creative juices to flow,
then hang out with creative people. I guess that’s why artists and writers form
an artists’ circle or a writers’ community so they can feed off each other’s
creativity.
The
talk was very timely for me as I had just attended an Authors Crash Couse in
Marketing last week. I was awed that I was in the same room as published
authors, several of them pretty well known. And there I was, merely someone
dreaming of having my own first book published. I felt humbled to be there.
But
with this talk, I realized it was a privilege and a blessing that I attended
that course. It gave me the opportunity to hang out with VIPs. Three of them
were already friends and colleagues. Another was a community sister. I only
need to make one more friend from among the people there so I will average out
into what I dream to become – a published author.
So
what’s your dream? Are you hanging out with the right people?
