Influence

By Mike Monahan, CEO and executive director of Life Success Seminars Inc. All you need to do is look at the people around you, and you'll have a pretty good idea of how you affect people. We are drawn toward people we admire or who are doing what we would like to be doing. People usually follow the people who influence them. Who is following you right now and why? If you want to be popular, you look for the people in the popular crowd. If you want to party, you look for the party people. Most people gravitate toward people with common interests and try to fit in. But what do you do if you want to change? If you want to change, the best thing you can do is change your circle of influence. Find a circle of risk-takers that will challenge you to do uncomfortable things. We are influenced by the people we surround ourselves with. Who is in your circle?