Do you know this saying: "show me your friends and i will tell you who you are" well that is old, the new quote now says: "show me your friends and i will show you where you are going". This shows how powerful the people you associate with is as they have the ability to shape your future. A dictionary defines association as the act of association or being connected with someone or something. A renowned speaker and a personal mentor; Fela Durotoye defines association as what or who you spend more of your time with. It is stated that you are the average of the 5 people you spend most of your time with and it’s really true coz I remember my days in the university, I was struggling academically when I was going all alone, but I was later introduced to a couple of “scholars”(a word we use to refer to folks that are academically intelligent) which later increased my academic performance.

The impact of who you associate with can’t be underestimated as even animals, fishes and birds understand this phenomenon. An eagle never associates with a pigeon just as a whale never associates with a tilapia, they are obviously not of the same ranking and can never be seen together.

Bringing it home to Youths of this generation, if you know and you’re convinced that you’re destined for greatness, there are some people whom you may just have to stay away from and this is because every association does one of the following to you;

Add to you; Some people could make you become better, improve your abilities, your confidence and also your level of significance. These kinds of people make you much better. A good example sited above are the friends I me in the university which I mentioned above.

Subtract from you; These ones are always taking from you, and you never gain anything from associating with them. They borrow from you and never give back, they take stuff from you without your knowledge, and you just loose stuff while around them.

Divide you; These kind of friends have a drastic and exponential negative effect on you. Take for instance; you share an idea with them, they steal it, or you ask them to listen to a song you wrote and the next moment you find your lyrics on their own song. You need to stay away from these kinds of people as they’ll make sure they convert everything that’s supposed to come to you.

Multiply you; These are the kind of friends I love to talk about. Just being around them edifies you. They make you know that everything is achievable, you share with them a business idea which you want to run within campus and they give you reasons why you need to take it to a national level. They do everything within their power to endeavor that things are always getting better with you.

Until we come your way tomorrow for another dose of #Mikemissilesseries that will #brainwash to success I leave you to ponder on this, I want you to take a time out and conduct an exercise; try to identify your friends that add to you, those that subtract from you, those that multiply and those that divide. Once you find the answer, I believe you know what to.
Have a great Monday, and stay Positive keep working towards success and I will definitely see you at the top.