Who should be in your inner circle?

I REMEMBER the words of my mother, “You are known by the company you keep,” She penetrated my thoughts with these words at an early age and I understood beyond a shadow of a doubt that the persons who formed your inner circle must possess the necessary prerequisites to be called friend; they should reflect the same or similar principles and be of like mind.

It is largely understood that the type of friends you have in your inner circle significantly define your success or failure. They largely influence the progress you make towards achieving your dreams.Your dreams are like seeds, and as such they need the right mix of people to bring them to life. So, have you categorized your friends? How do you determine who stays in your inner circle and who does not?

As a person born to win, you need other people with the belief that they are also born to win, so that you can strive together towards becoming the true winners you have been created to be.To become that true winner that you were created to be, you need to find and recruit into your inner circle people who will not only believe and inspire you, but also join their faith with yours.

Winners are very cautious of people they recruit into their inner circle. Winners are people who believe in the power of positive association. Winners are people who believe in the nourishing power of a positive inner circle.

Who is an inner circle friend?

An inner circle simply means a circle within a circle. It is the closest circle to the center of a larger circle.

Let me illustrate this. Imagine yourself surrounded by several circles, and you are at the center of these circles. There are some circles closer to the center as well.

The circle closest to you is your inner circle. It’s the circle you can just stretch your hand and touch without taking any step.

All other circles are outside your reach. Before you can touch those circles out of your reach, you need to take a step or couple of steps.

Those circles constitute your outer circle. Therefore, your inner circle friends are your closest group of friends. What distinguishes inner circle friends from outer circle friends is the depth of friendship. They are those friends you can reach at arm’s length. They are those friends you can call on at any time, even midnight.You don’t require any form of permission to call them. They are those friends you reach out to first, when you have a business idea that needs deliberation, or you have a challenge to overcome.

Choosing your inner circle friends Get to know people and see how best you can try recruiting the following kind of people into your inner circle.

CREATORS

Your inner circle is weak without creators. Creators are builders. Builders motivate. They help you maintain hope for the future.

They help you build an unshakable faith in yourself and your dream.

They help you become conscious of your strengths, skills and talents, and they advise you on how best to nurture and use them.

CHAMPIONS

Fighting to reach your dreams is like running a marathon for a medal. It’s only champions who get the medal. Championship is contagious, so you need to have champions in your inner circle. Champions stand up for you and your beliefs and they praise you to everyone else they know.

COLLABORATORS

Collaboration is a success secret.You therefore need to have in your inner circle persons who share similar interest with you. With these friends you can create a common destiny. Collaborators are the kind of friends with whom you are most likely to spend most of your time.

CONNECTORS

Your ability to meet other people that will help advance your goals and dreams is tied to the presence of connectors in your inner circle. It’s important you recruit connectors into your inner circle.

Connectors get to know you and then instantly work to connect you with others

who share similar interests and/or goals with you.

CHARGERS

You need another kind of friends called chargers.

Chargers energize and cheer you up when you’re down and are always available to boost your spirits.

They can be likened to a car battery or a mobile phone charger.

CONSCIOUSNESS – AWAKENER Consciousness-awakener stretches your viewpoint.

They introduce you to new and better ideas and opportunities. They help you to dream big.

COUNSELLORS Counsellors are the kind of friend you recruit because of their ability to guide you when you need one.They help you to think through issues and evaluate options.

COMPANIONS

Your inner circle is weak without companions.We all need companions.They are the first people you call, with good news or bad news. They are always there for you. They are the people whose shoulder you can always lean on.

Conclusion

It’s time you surround yourself with people who have great and ambitious plans, meaningful and life transforming purposes, and big winning targets and dreams.This should be a goal in itself.

Even if the winning targets of these people are different from yours–and they probably will be—you will end up feeding off their energy, and they will also feed off your energy.

You need to realize that you are in total control of your life.You are the CEO of your life.

You have the power to hire and fire.You have the power to create your own world.

However, you need to know that you are also responsible for the decision and the choices you make.

Decide today to create the kind of inner circle that will help to drive you towards achieving all your winning targets (goals) and reach your dreams with ease.You are truly born to win.

Stay motivated! Stay Blessed!