Out with old, in with the BETTER!

Are you a one person operation?  
Do you work  in a large department? 
Do you own a business? 
Have roommates?

Whoever you are, certainly you associate with a multitude of people on a daily basis.  Here is a quick post that will help you get to the top by changing who you associate with.

1. Find people who are better than you.  There are too many sales managers, business owners, department heads and others who are concerned that if they have people under them who may be perceived as more effective - their position, compensation or ideas may not be secure.  That's garbage!  Get out there and find people who strengthen your team.  When you're the person with the best team, you win.
   
2. Negative Neds and Nancys need a trip to Incompetent Island.  Start looking around at who are the negative people in your life.  The ones you spend too much time motivating or persuading to do their best.  There are people walking this earth right now who carry a positive attitude with them everywhere they go - find those people, keep them close.
   
3. Stop being insane!  The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.  5 years ago when you imagined where you would be today, was it where you are now?  If not, change something, anything, right now.  Pack a lunch, spend more time with a different person than usual, read 20 minutes a day and block Facebook on your computer at work.  These are small changes that may seem silly, but they are not.  If you can become just 1% every week.  1%!  You will be 50% better next year than you are today.  

For any of my readers who invest in the market, think about this as an investment in yourself.  I'm long on myself, all views expressed are my own.