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Well known motivational speaker Jim Rohn once famously said "You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with". I came across this quote again recently and started wondering if it was true.
Looking back over my life and some of my biggest achievements, I realised there was quite a big element of truth to it.
One example was in my final year of university. A few major things had happened in my third year which had thrown my grades off by quite a bit, and I suddenly found myself sitting borderline between a 2:1 and 2:2 grade.
Determined to get nothing less than a 2:1, I made a decision there and then to spend all my study time with a couple of people who at that point were only acquaintances but who later on became really good friends.
The reason I picked them was because one of them was set to achieve a 1st and the other person was borderline between a 2:1 and 1st. I didn't realise it fully at the time but studying with two people who were already doing so much better than I was pushed me beyond my wildest imagination (even if it was only so I didn't look stupid whilst studying with them!)
