Do your 5 closest friends determine your income?

I have heard over and over about how the people you hang out with - your 5 closest friends - will determine the amount of money you make.

In the past, this concerned me, because I do not hang out with wealthy people. :o) The vast majority of people I hang out with are worried about if they are going to pay their electric bill or buy groceries this month.

I also told myself, "How can the people you hang out with make that much of a difference? After all, if I am reading positive books and focusing on things I should be - isn't that enough?"

But then I found a new forum - the Warrior Forum - and started reading and learning from there.

In just a few short weeks, my mindset has totally changed. I fully understand why your friends make a difference, because the conversations I have with people on the Warrior Forum are completely different than the ones I have in real life and on other forums. Spending an hour on that forum makes me so much more productive and gives me so many ideas!

So I have to say that the answer to the question in the title of this post is a resounding, "YES!"

But, luckily, you can find friends all over the globe, thanks to the Internet.

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