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4 reasons Why you should choose your friends wisely

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Friends help to make life amazing. But not all friends are good for us. When you were younger, you probably were not very selective when it came to choosing your friends. Everyone could be your friend, however, as you become an adult, it’s a lot harder to stay in touch with friends. You have more responsibilities and you can’t spend all your time playing and gisting with your friends. As such, you have to pick and choose who to spend your time with. As you get older, you have to pick and choose your friends wisely, with great care. Here are a few reasons why:

 

Some Friends Cause More Harm Than Good

We have all had friends who have been our biggest cheerleaders. They root for us no matter what we do. They believe in us more than we believe in ourselves, and we know we can always count on them to show up when we need them. Then, there are the friends who claim to be more “realistic,” but who are just discouragers at heart. They put us down when we reveal our big dreams and plans. They say to us that we must stay “grounded,” but it feels like they are just jealous and resentful that we are moving forward in life.

Ignore the negativity. Better yet, if they refuse to change, move on from them. Negative friends who can’t be happy for you infect you with their limited attitude. These are not the right friends for you.

 

Successful People Drive Us

One of the reasons why successful people are so successful is that they hang out with other successful people. A lot of the time, they deliberately choose to hang out with people who are more successful than them because they know that these winners will bring the best out of them. It’s all to do with looking out for your best interests and making friends with people who bring out the best in you.

 

Too Many Friends Can Cause You Stress

While there is nothing wrong with networking and making new contacts, making too many actual friends could cause you a lot of stress. You will have a lot of people to juggle, and there will be a great demand on your time. This is another good reason to choose your friends wisely. If you can’t say no to making more friends, how will you ever say no when they all want to hang out all the time? Time is a valuable commodity, and yours is really important. Focus on quality and not quantity, and remember that an expanded social circle can be very hard to stay on top of.

 

You Will Be Judged On The Company You Keep

This is another reason on why you should choose your friends wisely. Like the popular saying, birds of a feather do indeed flock together. We hang out with those who share our values, and a lot of the time we become our friends. We adopt their quirks, their positive or negative attitude and other people, for right or wrong, judge us according to who’s in our squad. So who are your friends? Show me your friends and I will tell you who you are.

 

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