You should only surround yourself with successful people. Agree or Disagree?

[HawkPerception]

Agree

Disagree

[IslaTheWitch]

you should only surround yourself with people ; it doesn't matter if they are successful or not as long as you feel good with them and they feel good with you

[HawkPerception]

This is exactly what I believe in

[LaurenM1997]

No you should surround yourself with people who bring the good out of you make you smile and laugh not the people who make you feel bad and sad about yourself

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

Disagree. We don't want to surround ourselves with deadbeats who will bring us down but people who bring us down can include successful people, albeit rarer in my experience.

Besides, it helps to understand the widest range of people if you want to be successful, whether your goal is to step on them better or relate to them better. A king who doesn't understand the nature of the peasants is not going to remain king for long for he fails to understand the people he rules, and we should all be able to agree no matter how empathetic or ruthless we are that blind-sighted and disconnected people can't succeed.

Understanding other people really well is arguably more important than understanding any other subject. Even if my antisocial field of software engineer, it's people who understand people best who get promoted to the top, and rightfully so, and not someone who just has the best understanding of data structures and algorithms who can't relate to the rest of the team.

People skills are the most important skills in navigating society, and we can't develop them to their fullest if we're cliquey and only hang out with very select groups of people.

[NathanDavis]

most successful people do not like people who try to get close to them because of this reason...

it's usually not genuine... and they usually see you as a ladder to climb, and also replaceable when someone more successful comes along, lol

[HawkPerception]

I've just heard it a lot in motivational speeches and always disagreed with it. I wanted to see if anyone else agreed with it.

I've only ever picked friends based on how I vibe with them and nothing else.

[NathanDavis]

your way leads to happiness... usually

great choice

[HawkPerception]

Appreciate it and cheers 😁

[Mr_twoface]

In motivational speeches and events, it always suggests you to surround yourself with successful people. Whilst to some extent that is motto is good it's not for everyone. If you constantly see success surrounding you, it may push you into being creative and thinking outside the box to become someone successful. However, if you are not the one who want to be creative nor wants to take initiative to make something for yourself, you can quickly get depressed and feel unworthy. Others constant success can push you into deep sadness and you can't see a clear structure to move forward.

Therefore I disagree with the statement cause people are all different and some take more time than others to become successful in one way or another. For some, seeing the failure of others may make them raise to higher levels and those who fails, maybe find other pathways to determine what is best for them and what is successful for them and not what the general public thinks.

[1073sucks]

Wrong. You should surround yourself with POSITIVE people. If they happen to be successful then even better!
but if you only focus on the successful part, the negative people will only put you down. Who needs a life with stress? Nobody does regardless of where you are in life, negative people will always fill your days.

[1073sucks]

DULL* not full. Autocorrect.
Negative people will always DULL* your days.

[ChiTown33]

Depends what you mean by "successful". I do think you should surround yourself with positive people.

I don't look at most people as successful and unsuccessful. I look at people as successful and those that have yet to achieve thier full potential.

This world is far too obsessed with outward appearances. Most of the people who flaunt thier "success" really aren't successful. They just want you to believe they are. Positive people are the real successful people because they do what they love. They are consumed by thier passions so they never really work a day in thier life. It's all a labor of love. And these are generally the people that change the world.

[sawno]

Disagree, people who aren't successful can still be nice to be around or motivated to learn from you. I think character and eagerness to learn is more valuable.

[exitseven]

My italian grandmother used to say that if you walk with somebody who limps pretty soon you will have a limp. I never wanted to hang out with losers.

[lorenzomichael]

No because you're not always going to meet successful people. Just don't surround yourself or be associated with any stupid ass people that do dumb shit.

[Alex-Snow]

Yes because that attitude can rub off on you

[laly520]

one need both around em

[ApplePie409]

Disagree.