To Be Great.... Surround Yourself With Greatness!

One of the interesting commonalities of successful people is the fact that successful people surround themselves with other successful people.  Andrew Carnegie, one of the richest men to ever live, attributed his entire fortune to surrounding himself with a group of great people who had common goals to change the Steel Industry!  Henry Ford surrounded himself with the likes of Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and others.  In fact, Henry spend vacations with Edison annually. 

There is a certain power that comes from aligning yourself with certain types of people.... it is the old principle that if you put a hard to catch horse in the same field as a tame horse, most of the time you end up with two hard to catch horses.  We tend to take on many of the ambitions, habits, and power of those whom we associate ourselves with.  This does not mean we should only hang out with great people, but there is a certain power that comes when you ALIGN your goals and desires with other like-minded people.  

In certain times of my life I have associated myself with people whom I admired and it raised me to a new level of what I wanted to be.  Certain people just inspire me to become more!  I love that feeling!  I have also worked with individuals who were satisfied with mediocrity... And it was much harder to motivate myself to produce above quality work.  

I would love to hear any feedback from any of my readers (all two of you!!! ha ha).  What do you think of this principle... Have you ever experienced something like this?