Our environment and the people in our environment have a powerful effect on us.

We must be aware of the people we choose to spend time with and if they are having a positive or negative effect on our lives.

Our environment can often bring out either the best or the worst in us.

We must then use this knowledge to surround ourselves with individuals who will help bring out the best in us and help aid us in our personal growth.

Stop & think about the people you spend the most time with and how you truly feel when you're with those people.

Do you feel more energized, happy, and full of life when you're in their presence?

Or do you feel less energized, sad/angry, and fatigued when you're with them?

If it's the latter you need to strongly consider your relationship with that person, why you might feel that way when you're with them, and if that's a relationship that's still serving you.

People feed off each other's energies.

If you are a high-energy, positive individual surrounded by low-energy negative individuals, this will start to rub off on you, as these people will drain your energy trying to raise their own energy levels.

Successful people know this and that is why we typically see them surround themselves with other successful people, while unsuccessful people tend to hang out together.

We want to surround ourselves with individuals whose values and goals line up with our own.

This doesn't mean to surround ourselves in echo chambers or with "yes men/women", but to surround ourselves with people that help to challenge us and aid us in achieving our goals.

This also doesn't mean we need to completely cut people out of our lives. This may be necessary in some instances, but in a lot of cases, it just requires setting up proper boundaries with people so that we can prioritize ourselves and our needs.

So today, please take the time to think about who in your life really brings out the best in you, and who brings out the worst.

Then try to actively make time for the people that bring out the best, while distancing yourself from those who bring out the worst.

WE MUST MAKE OUR ENVIRONMENTS ONE THAT HELPS US NOT HINDER US!!!