Who do you choose to surround yourself with professionally and personally? Have you thought about the way these people affect your professional and personal success?
One of the reasons I continue as editor for Business Unplugged™ is because I get to interact with Carol on a regular basis. Her insights and suggestions have been invaluable.
I also have heard the phrase thrown around: “Your network is your net worth.” That should give you a little motivation to take a look at your current professional network.
Carol wrote a post for entrepreneur.com about this. She begins:
You can tell a lot about a person by the company that they keep. There’s a saying that goes something like: You become the average of the six people that you spend the most time with.
If you look at your professional company — the other co-workers, colleagues, business owners and industry professionals that you most often interact with — who are they, what do they stand for and what do they say about you?
Read the rest of How Your Friends Influence Your Success here.