Make better friends and you will be inspired to work harder and more diligently.

I think a person’s thinking is affected by two factors. One is the environment. If you were born in a big city when you were young, you would have seen a lot of the city's prosperity, and your parents would be elites and guide you in reading and studying. Then your layout will naturally be extraordinary. If you are born in a small, remote place with average parents, then your goal may be to have a job when you grow up. This is why most of the children of excellent parents are also excellent, while the children of poor people are getting poorer.

Environmental factors are irreversible, but the second one is personal factors. Some may have loved reading books since they were young, some may have a love of adventure, and some may have absorbed new things from other aspects. Since childhood, my vision and thinking have been different. When I grew up, I didn’t want to stay in my own city and was eager to work hard in a big city.

Making friends with outstanding people is a process of edification.

If your circle of friends are all great people, then your status will naturally not be low. Who wants to watch other people show off their success every day while they themselves are a good-for-nothing loser?

Xiao Wang made hundreds of thousands more, Xiao Li went abroad with his partner to travel again, Xiao Zhang's product became a hit, Xiao Wu wrote an article that hit the circle of friends...

Looking at this kind of Moments every day, can you say that it doesn’t irritate you? There is definitely pressure, but the more this happens, the more motivated you will be.

I am a masochist myself. Because I strongly believe in the saying "Be born in sorrow and die in happiness". The stronger the people around me are, the more I want to emulate them and become strong myself.

The great people don’t know me, ignore me, and don’t want to make friends with me, which irritates me even more. I thought in my heart: OK, wait, I will catch up with you and surpass you one day.

The reason why you live a mediocre life may be because the level of the people around you is average. Everyone thinks the same way. So you don't feel a sense of crisis. Or, you are surrounded by lowlifes, and you feel that you are already very good. If you are like this, you are just a frog in the well.

If you make friends with better people, you will not be blindly arrogant and can develop in the right direction.

Sometimes it is difficult for us to accurately position our own level because the circle around us is too low. We make the mistake of thinking we are great. This kind of person is the most dangerous. He is obviously very low, but he thinks he is awesome.

I once met someone like this in an art exam training class.

In the training class, that person is the best, both in terms of expression ability and paper writing ability.

Everyone complimented him and praised him. Only teacher, let him not be proud, have a humble attitude, not be complacent, and should continue to work hard. Because there are many strong people out there, but he has not been exposed to them.

But he didn't care, thinking he was the best in the world. As a result, during the actual art exam, I suffered a big loss and there were not enough people with real talents. During the interview, there were countless people who had clear logic and clear expressions. However, it turned out that a very smart person did not get into a good school.

Getting to know more outstanding people can be used as a mirror. You can discover your own shortcomings and your own advantages. Only then can you better understand yourself and make up for your shortcomings. Otherwise, you are likely to Blinded by short-lived success.

Make better friends, they will teach you more things and you can take less detours.

There is an old saying,

"Listening to your words is better than ten years of reading."

The process of becoming excellent should not be immersed in self-study. There must be people to communicate with, share experiences with each other, and grow with each other. If you could succeed by immersing yourself in self-study, the school would have closed long ago.

I particularly advocate listening to sharing sessions by some great masters, whether online or offline, and participating in various activities.

Because first of all, those who participate in the event must be screened, so everyone who participates has a goal.

Secondly, in the sharing meeting, in just a few hours, you can hear the experiences of the masters along the way, which is very worthwhile and cost-effective.

Finally, you can also meet some like-minded people through activities and sharing, and you can also communicate and learn from each other.

I know a senior brother who participated in various activities and clubs during college, becoming excellent and successful together with like-minded people. As a result, now, I have already achieved financial freedom, and I also need to have a network of people to become an elite among my peers.

Make better friends and become better, and you may get more opportunities.

Some people say: One more friend, one more road.

This statement is not wrong. However, the key is to manage the quality of social interaction and the time spent socializing.

If it is promiscuity without distinguishing between circles, it is completely useless. It not only lowers your own grade, but also costs money. If you socialize blindly and don't take the time to improve yourself, it's useless, because no one wants to make friends with a low person.

Therefore, you must not only improve yourself, but also make friends with more outstanding people, because among them, there will be no shortage of opportunities.

A sister of my friend often signs up for classes to listen to sharings from great masters. She studied art and design, but she also loves writing. So I signed up for an online class shared by a master. After the master shared, the people who attended the class also had a great time chatting, so we joined a group together to recommend good books to each other and comment on each other's articles.

So in this group, she made many like-minded friends, and she could often see great people sharing new things with everyone in the group, and she also asked the great minds many questions.

Suddenly one day, the master wanted to add some illustrations to his article, so he asked in the group if there was anyone suitable. The result was just right. My friend's sister volunteered herself, had a conversation with the master, and asked the master to take a look at her previous works. The master was also very satisfied, and in the end the two of them became a cooperative relationship.

Not only can I communicate and learn more with great masters, but I also have an extra income. I am so happy.

To become better, you need to get to know more people who are better than yourself. Only in this way can we reach a higher level.