(Below from the book, The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy)

Dissociations

There are some people you might need to break away from. Completely.
This might not be an easy step to take, but it’s essential.
You have to make the hard choice not to let certain negative influences affect you anymore.
Determine the quality of life you want to have, then surround yourself with the people who represent and support that vision.
Growing and changing your associations is a lifelong process.

Limited Associations

There are some people you can spend three hours with, but not three days.
Others you can spend three minutes with, but not three hours.
Always remember that the influence of associations is both powerful and subtle.
The person you’re walking with can determine whether you slow your pace or quicken it, literally and figuratively.
Similarly, you can’t help but be touched by the dominant attitudes, actions, and behaviors of the people with whom you spend time.
Decide how much you can “afford” to be influenced, based on how those people represent themselves.
Take a look at your relationships and make sure you’re not spending three hours with a three-minute person.

Expanded Associations

Identify people who have positive qualities in the areas of life where you want to improve.
And then spend more time with them.
Join organizations and businesses and health clubs where these people gather and make friends.

I have spent more than a thousand hours getting direct instruction from Jim Rohn, and 99 percent of that was through books and audio programs.
What’s exciting about that is, no matter where you are in life you, too, can have almost any mentor you want, if he or she has gathered their best thoughts, stories, and ideas into books, CDs, DVDs, and podcasts.
You have an unlimited bounty from which to draw.
Take advantage of it.

~Evolution of Self
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