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GEN COLIN POWELL'S NARRATION - A MUST READ

The less you associate with some people, the more your life will
improve.
Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your
mediocrity.
An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with
negative thinking and negative acting people.

As you grow, your associates will change. Some of your friends will
not
want you to go on. They will want you to stay where they are...
Friends that
don't help you climb will want you to crawl. Your friends will stretch
your
vision or choke your dream. Those that don't increase you will
eventually
decrease you.

Consider this:
Never receive counsel from unproductive people. Never discuss your
problems with someone incapable of contributing to the solution,
because those who
never succeed themselves are always first to tell you how. Not
everyone
has a right to speak into your life. You are certain to get the worst
of the
bargain when you exchange ideas with the wrong person.
Don't follow anyone who's not going anywhere...

With some people you spend an evening: with others you invest it. Be
careful where you stop to inquire for directions along the road of
life.
Wise is the person who fortifies his life with the right friendships.
If
you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl. But, if you associate
with
eagles, you will learn how to soar to great heights.

"A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown
by
the kind of friends he chooses."

The simple but true fact of life is that you become like those with
whom
you closely associate - for the good and the bad.

Note: Be not mistaken. This is applicable to family as well as
friends.
Yes...do love, appreciate and be thankful for your family, for they
will
always be your family no matter what. Just know that they are human
first
and though they are family to you, they may be a friend to someone
else and
will fit somewhere in the criteria above.

"In Prosperity Our Friends Know Us. In Adversity We Know Our friends."

"Never make someone a priority when you are only an option for them."

"If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the

habit in little matters.

Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude..".E

Colin Powell