Show me your friends, and I'll show you your future was a saying used by teachers to warn
their students to pick their friends wisely.
You may have taken the advice for granted during that time, but now as you embark on
your journey to success, these words might be popping into your mind every now and then.
The truth is that we become the average of the people we spend the most time with.
So if you spend most of your time with thieves, don't be surprised if, sooner rather than
later, you become a thief too.
This is because the company you keep and the people you spend most of your time with, can
influence your actions and, most importantly, your mindset.
If you want to be successful, you need to avoid some types of friends, and the opposite
is also true.
So in today's video, we'll look at the types of people you should befriend and avoid if
you want to be rich.
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10.
The Heartless Scammer So don't get offended, by heartless scammer,
we don't mean your friend is a scammer, but rather they'd do anything to make money, just
like a scammer would.
A person who's like this is never a good friend and can never be trusted.
You don't want someone with such behaviours around you.
Such persons are usually described as Judases.
It only took him a second to betray Jesus for 30 pieces of silver.
A friend with such behaviour only thinks of themselves and can easily lie to you for their
gain.
This means that if you have great ideas on a new project and you let them know, they
can easily be bribed by your enemies to let the cat out of the bag.
You wouldn't want that, would you?
That's why you shouldn't befriend someone with such behaviour.
Instead, have the wealth advocate at your side.
They're the opposite of the heartless scammer as their values are honesty and integrity.
They believe in earning wealth by delivering value to others.
With them, you'll have someone to teach you how to make money through legal means.
9.
The Get-Rich-Quick Habits The only difference between this guy and the
Heartless scammer is that they have not yet upgraded to the Heartless scammer, but they
will cheat people out of their hard-earned money as soon as they get the opportunity.
The Get-Rich-Quick believer is a person who's lazy at work and is always looking for a shortcut
to making money fast.
When you talk to them about a long-term investment, they'll feel like you're against their prosperity.
Avoid this person if you don't want to end up on the same road.
Instead, allow yourself to be in the company of The Patient Investor who believes in hard
work and leveraging their resources to multiply their wealth.
Small but consistent steps towards achieving wealth and planning for the future is what
fulfils them.
With such a person in your life, you'll surely be on the right path.
8.
The YOLO Spender You probably know that when the slogan YOLO,
You-Only-Live-Once, is used, some bad decisions are about to be made.
It's mostly used as a justification to make a bad decision without any regrets.
Now if you have such a friend, it's better if you start cutting your ties now because
you won't become rich with such an attitude.
The YOLO spender is all about being happy at the moment without thinking of tomorrow.
When you hang out with such a friend, it's only a matter of time for them to convince
you to live that way.
Now don't get me wrong, it's good to enjoy your life today, but what of tomorrow?
Enjoying yourself at the moment shouldn't be at the expense of your tomorrow because
your actions today may have consequences in the years ahead.
Instead of hanging out with the YOLO spender, be friends with The Smart Saver.
This kind of friend knows how to balance life.
Even though they may spend money having fun, they know about tomorrow and budget their
cash flow by having just the right amount of fun they need for the day.
They'll teach you that you can still have fun without sacrificing your future.
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7.
The Discouraging Pessimist No one wants a friend who's a pessimist.
The Discouraging Pessimist is the friend who's always negative and believes something bad
will always happen.
They keep ranting about how life is hard and unfair, and when good things happen, they
tend to make you believe that it won't last long and those bad things will always overcome
the good.
This is the worst friend you can ever find, and they should be the first one you get away
from if you want to be rich and successful.
No matter how positive you are, if you have a friend giving you negative vibes, negative
energy will overcome the positive energy.
It's just like numbers, no matter how big a positive number is when it's multiplied
by a negative number, it loses its value and becomes negative.
So, instead of the discouraging pessimist, hang around with the Realistic Optimist.
Though life is hard and unfair, the realistic optimist will work hard to bring the odds
to their favour.
They love to grab opportunities presented to them, and they're always positive no matter
how the situation is.
Being around them, you'll realize that it's okay if you fail, bad situations will come,
and as long as you keep trying, everything will be okay.
Such a friend will lead you to a path to success.
6.
The Risk Avoider The name shouts out their problem.
They're the Risk Avoider, and they don't like things that take them out of their comfort
zone.
They're the kind of people who will go to an interview, see a lot of people lining up
to go in, and instead of taking a seat and waiting for their turn, they'll just leave.
If an opportunity has a lot of obstacles they will simply give up and avoid it.
Having them as a friend will lead you into aimlessly letting opportunities fly away right
in front of you.
You will fail to achieve a lot of things just because you are waiting for a simpler opportunity
that won't stress you out.
For your good, they're not a good friend to spend time with.
The person you should spend time with is The Brave Analyst.
With them, you'll take calculated risks and not ignore them.
They believe obstacles are just stepping stones towards success.
You'll take every opportunity that comes, and with no time, you'll find yourself on
the right path to success.
From them, you'll be able to go beyond your limits and take that risk that would've been
hard to do if you were with the risk avoided.
5.
The Hopeful Dreamer While the discovering pessimist negatively
sees life, the hopeful dreamer wishes for a better life.
They may be a positive person but don't do anything constructive with their dreams.
They have big dreams and hopes to achieve them all, but as long as they don't do anything
to make them happen, that's what they'll always remain to be - dreams.
The only thing the hopeful dreamer will help you with is to come up with interesting ideas.
They're the most creative people in the world.
With them around, you two will come up with great business ideas, but you'll be all alone
when it comes to putting things into action.
The day will never come when the dream of a hopeful dreamer is achieved.
Instead, if you have the Dream Chaser as a friend, things will happen.
The dream chaser is as creative as the hopeful dreamer.
The only difference between the two is the fulfilment of the dream.
They'll take a step further from their imagination and make their dreams come true no matter
what.
With a friend like them, you'll be able to break down your dreams into steps that will
be achievable.
With just a little time, those dreams of yours will become concrete goals.
4.
The Spaghetti-Mind Thinker The Spaghetti-Mind Thinker and the Hopeful
dreams are from the same family.
They're more like brothers, but the Spaghetti-mind thinker is better as they take steps further
in taking action.
The only difference is that they're not focused.
They like doing a lot of things all at once, and that makes them distracted very easily.
They'll end up having so many half-finished projects but with No finished success to show.
Spending time with such a person will make you a confused person with no settled goals.
For example, today, you guys might be working on a great project, but once they get another
idea, they'll leave that one hanging and start on another one the next month.
By the time the year ends, no one gets to taste the fruits of your hard work.
The opposite of them is the Focused Doer.
Just the name will assure you that they're dedicated and motivated to achieve all their
dreams.
They're disciplined enough to finish one project at a time without getting distracted easily.
They manage to take all their goals to the finish line.
Having them at your side is very important as they will teach you the power of laser-point
focus in attaining your goals in life.
If you want a companion in your journey towards financial freedom, then they're the perfect
guys.
You wouldn't want to lose them!
3.
The Victim This is the type of friend who never accepts
personal responsibility for things that are their fault.
They will always play the victim and find life unfair even when it's their fault.
They always find someone to blame whether it's their boss or the government, and they
never take accountability for their actions.
Life may seem unfair to victims, and the only way they can change their view is by knowing
that hard work can also put them in a good place.
2.
Spendthrifts Why do we have such friends?
You need to avoid friends who are spendthrifts.
If you embrace such a habit from such a friend, you will no doubt become poor in a matter
of days.
The only way to make a spendthrift happy is by spending with them, and most of the time
it's never the cheap things they buy.
Instead of hanging around such people, spend time with friends who make you save more than
spend.
A friend who will encourage you to open that savings account or help you invest your money.
All in all, being a spendthrift will certainly not go well if you want to be a millionaire.
So, avoid such a friend at all costs!
1.
Gamblers Gambling is good only when you're earning
money, but it's only a matter of time till you lose all your money.
Having a friend who gambles their way to being rich will no doubt make you think of gambling,
but trust me, you wouldn't want to go in that direction.
Many business owners have lost their businesses due to gambling.
Sometimes, it's not the business that you end up losing.
Others have lost their family and houses because of gambling.
It's like an addiction that once you start, stopping will be hard.
Gambling will make you believe you're going to earn millions in just a matter of seconds
when in reality, you'll be the one losing the millions.
If you want to become rich, then gambling isn't your portion.
Try as much as possible to avoid gamblers.
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