Almost every day I visit Seth Godin's site to see what he has to say. (For those of you who never heard of him Seth is probably the leading voice in new social media marketing, and the new internet based business economy.)
He regularly makes great points to consider. This latest post I thought was worth posting here-
Who you hang out with determines what you dream about and what you collide with.
And the collisions and the dreams lead to your changes.
And the changes are what you become.
Change the outcome by changing your circle.
This is something that I tell people regularly: associations matter.
The simple truth is that if you hang out with certain types of people you will begin to mirror the characteristics of those people.
For a friend of mine who struggling in her marriage I tell her regularly if you keep hanging out with bar-hoppers, and couples in highly dysfunctional relationships, do not expect your marriage to improve.
If you want a good marriage it is wise to seek out those in good marriages and learn from them. The same goes for business- if you want to learn good business hang out with successful business folk- and even for our Christian walk. (Didn't Paul ask the church to follow him as he follows Christ?)
It's a simple message but one that I think is very important to remember.
Anyhoo... there it is.
I hope everyone fared the storm well. God bless.
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Sounding so similar..
Matthew 9:10-13
10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Mark 2:15-17
15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Luke 5:29-32
29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
This is pretty cool
Good message.
Oh yeah, here's Seth's blog: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/