From the course: The Nine Best Ways to Invest in Yourself
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Invest in uplifting relationships
From the course: The Nine Best Ways to Invest in Yourself
Invest in uplifting relationships
- A 75 year study from Boston University shows the single biggest key to happiness is to surround yourself with happy people. Investing your time and energy with the right people, people who lift you up rather than bring you down returns so much right back to you. And the thing is you choose who you surround yourself with and who you will invest your time in which has a huge impact. Author Jim Rohn said, you're the average of the five people you spend the most time with. The key is to intentionally choose the people you want to invest the most time with, being careful to distance yourself from toxic people in your life. By toxic, I mean friends or acquaintances who continually unload their problems on you or overly pessimistic, seem to find ways to be miserable around you and just drain your energy in general. Regarding these unhelpful relationships, it's important to take three steps. First, be honest about the impact…
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