There is a concept out there that states, “We tend
to become like the five people we spend most of our time around”. Makes you
think about who you are hanging out with. Consider that for a minute regarding
your work world.
It’s easy to think of this concept in regards
to our good friends that we hang out with after hours and on weekends, or even
more so our family and others whom we consider close. But, we spend eight hours
a day in our work environment. Annually, that is 2080 hours. That is more time
than we spend with most other people in our lives. How are those that you work
with influencing you? What good or bad habits might you adopt from the people
that you spend eight hours a day with?
We should work someplace where the people we
work with make us better. Think about that for a minute. Are the people you
work with daily making you a better person? Are you learning and growing
because of the people that you hang out with between 8:00 and 5:00 every single
workday? The concept of who our five closest friends are is a powerful one, but
it needs to be viewed within the context of our work environment. You may not
be great friends with the people that you work with every single day, but you
do spend at least eight hours a day with them. That’s a lot of time. Their
habits, their behaviors, their responses, cannot be ignored.
Do you work with people who make you better?
