Tag: Dreams

Who are The People Around You?

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
Photo by Pavel Danilyuk

Remember that not everyone in your house is your true friend. Some are happy for you when you are doing really well in your life. Others are not happy for you when you are doing well in your life.

Whether people are for you or against you, do not let that stop you from living your true life. Do not let other people’s perceptions of you define your life. You have got your life to live, to enjoy. If you are not enjoying it with the people you love, you are not with the right people. You are with the wrong ones. You are with the wrong people.

“Do not spend your time with people who are not for you.”

Life is too short. Life is for you! Live it! But do not live your life with people who are not for you, who are not for your success, who are not for your progress, who are not for your promotion, who are not for your happiness, who are not for your life. Do not hang around people who never stop talking about other people. If you are around talkers, leave them alone. If you are around procrastinators, leave them alone. If you are around bystanders, leave them alone. If you are around confused people, leave them alone. Because if you hang around lazy people, you are going to be like them.

But if you have the courage to walk your talk, to take a leap of faith, to do the impossible, your life will never be the same again. Whether you are okay with it or not, if you want to grow in your life, if you want to achieve your dreams, you have got to move away from people who are not for you. If you do not move away from the wrong minds, you are not going to achieve your dreams. Yes, you need people to help you succeed. Yes, you cannot succeed alone. But you do not need the wrong people in your life to succeed. Do not bring everybody into your life. Because you are a special Being!

Why You Should Let Toxic People Go

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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Who are the people in your life? What are they doing to help you achieve your goals? Are they helping or hurting you? Are they supporting your dreams?

To grow, you need food. To be successful in your life, you need great people around you. If the people around you are not helping you get closer to your goal, if they are not supporting you, if they are poisoning your mind, if they do not believe in you, if you are not comfortable with them, let them go.

Because you cannot grow when you are surrounded by negative, toxic people. No matter how good you are, you need great people to lift you up when you are down. It does not matter who they are. If they are not helping you get better, let them go.

Do not hang out with the wrong people. And do not do the wrong things just because you want to be with these people. It is better to be alone than to be with people who don’t deserve you. If you are always with toxic people, people who don’t know what they are doing, who are running around in circles, you will never grow.

Yes, you cannot do everything alone. You need people to help you get what you want, but you don’t need toxic people. They do not have anything valuable to add to your life. If you are not adding something to your life, you are subtracting something from your life. In this case, when you are not learning from great people, you are wasting your time with talkers.

No matter where you are, no matter where you are working, no matter what you are doing, always find ways to learn from other people. Because they have what you don’t have. They know what you don’t know. They have done what you have not done. If you want to grow, you should never stop learning from other people. And you should never allow people who don’t deserve you to control your life. It is better to be alone than to be with the wrong people. Who are you hanging out with?