IBAN - IT IS WHOM WE WANT TO SPEND TIME.....

We are all influenced by who we associate with. The people we surround ourselves with have a powerful influence over you. Think about this for a minute.

• If we surround ourselves with politicians or talk politics every day and everywhere, we become part of them.
• If we surround ourselves with business community or talk business every day and everywhere, we become part of them.
• If we surround ourselves with progressive people or talk on progressiveness and/or productivity, we become part of them.
• If we surround ourselves with criminals or talk on “criminal activity” and/or “gangsterism” or becoming “Mafia” or “Yakuza” or "Ah Long" or "Taliban" or "terrorists", we become part of them.
• If we surround ourselves with negative people or talk on negativeness and/or one-sided, we become part of them.
• If we surround ourselves with positive people or talk on positive mindset and/or positivity, we become part of them.
• If we surround ourselves with poor people or talk on poverty every day, self-pity and/or victim mentality, we become part of them.
• If we surround ourselves with hypocrites or talk hypocrites every day, we become part of them.
• If we surround ourselves with fear or talk “creepy” and/or fearful, we become part of them
• If we surround ourselves with “clubbing group”, “ngepub elites, “pengindu", "indai blues", “pisau cukur”, "kaki nyabong", "kaki judi", “golfers” or talk and/or think like them, we become part of them.
• If we surround ourselves with religious community or talk about religious matters every day, we become part of them.
• If we surround ourselves with extremist, racist and/or obsessed community or talk extremism and racism, we become part of them.
• If we surround ourselves with self-interest party or talk of oneself or party interest, we become of part of it.
• If we surround ourselves with “DB” (whatever that mean) community or talk and/or think like them, we become part of them.
• If we surround ourselves with Iban “Kapapas Mentality” or “Enda Ulih Mentality” or talk like them, we become part of them.
• If we surround ourselves with DAP, SNAP, PKR, PCM, PAS community or think like PR, we become part of them.
• If we surround ourselves with PBB, PRS, SPDP, SUPP or think like BN, we become part of them.
• If we surround ourselves with opportunities or think like opportunist, we become part of them.
• If we surround ourselves with “Apai Saloi”, “Bunyau & Mujap”, “Kapapas & Ngelesey” or think and/or behave like them, we become part of them. And so it goes on.....
  

One of the most important choices anyone makes in life is whom they spend their time with. The people we surround ourselves with will end up having influence on every area of our lives.

How have the people in your life, especially the most influential of them, affected you? Your parents, siblings, friends, associates, Chiefs, leaders, bosses, co-workers, etc? They have all had an effect on you. They influence what you think and how you think.

If you associate with negative people you will be influenced by negative thinking. You cannot afford that.

If you hang around with people who see limits, in-a-box and the downside to things all the time it cannot help but limit your thinking.

We are by nature “Social Creatures” and we tend to think like our associates think. Maybe not all the time, but often we do.

Even if you can resist the negative thinking of others it is a lot of unnecessary effort and in the process you miss out on the positive and supportive influence of like minded and positive people.

We all struggle at times to remain positive, especially when things are going badly. You cannot afford to spend a lot of time with negative influence when you are struggling to achieve more and succeed.

SO HOW WOULD YOU OVERCOME THE BEST FOR YOURSELF?