Blueline understands that it is all too easy to become a product of your environment

April 30, 2013 - PRLog -- Quite often we become like the people we're around. Based on that, Blueline understands that we must be cautious about whom we surround ourselves with because of the short- and long-term implications.

The Managing Director at Blueline has witnessed first-hand many colleagues and team members who have surrounded themselves with others who were unhappy with their situation, and openly made the wrong choices, were easily distracted, unfocused and generally negative. Associating with a group of actively disengaged team members talking about how bad things are will only drag you down; it will most certainly not bring any positive changes to the situation. If you hang around people who don't like their jobs, you'll become like them. If you hang around people who don't care about growing in the company, you won't grow in the company.

Blueline shares ways to ensure that you surround yourself with the right people:

Blueline recommends analysing your crew

We lean on our friends a lot. We share our successes and challenges with them. It's important these people be the ones who support and encourage us. We must find a support system of friends who will support and challenge us.

Do an analysis of your circle of friends and see whether they add to your life or take away from it. Surround yourself with people who will help you reach your goals.

If you want to be financially successful, surround yourself with those who are financially successful. If you hang out with people who are broke, you'll never learn how people who aren't broke live their lives. If you want to improve your relationship with your spouse, surround yourself with people in successful relationships.

Blueline advises that you filter out the negativity

We live in a world that surrounds us with negativity. We get it regularly from media outlets because it sells. There is no shortage of it from the people around you every day. Team members, bosses, subordinates, friends, family and strangers on the street will seek you out to share the negativity in their lives.

Blueline hopes that we will take the time to support people in need when challenges are presented, these are not the situations to which they are referring Blueline is referring to the people in our lives who drain us of our energy because they thrive on sharing their own negativity. Refuse it. Don't just walk away from the negativity--run. Get as far away from it as you can. Not only does it impact our perspective with regard to our own lives, it impacts our mental health.

While your success can be determined in part by whom you surround yourself with, it can also be determined in part by whom you choose to not surround yourself with.

Blueline urges others to dedicate time to their relationships

One of the reasons we dread going back to work on Monday is we don't feel we've spent enough time with the people who matter. Our lives are so busy that sometimes we have to dedicate the time to interact with the people who mean the most to us. If you need to schedule time to keep in touch with friends and family, put it on a calendar.

Some may say, "But my calendar is full." Sometimes we have to make hard choices about what to eliminate in order to dedicate time to the relationships.

If you're around someone with a cold, there's a good chance you'll catch the cold. What are you catching from the people around you? These relationships in your professional and personal life are as important to your job satisfaction as the work itself. Do everything in your power to surround yourself with the right people.

Blueline acknowledges that we are impacted by the people who surround us.

That’s a fact. The way we think, speak, act, even the topics we discuss are impacted by the ones we spend most time with. We learn from and copy each other, whether we like it or not. Therefore Blueline wish to be surrounded by people who inspire and motivate me, who I can learn form, who get the best out of me. At Blueline time is very important; time is the only thing in life that we don’t get back. We can lose our house, our friends, and our job, all of our possession but there is always a chance that we will get it back. Not so with time. Once a moment, minute, hour, day etc. is gone, it is gone forever.

Blueline insists that if we want to improve ourselves, our lives and to reach our goals, we need to surround ourselves with the right people who can assist us in this process and who not only waste our time.

Do the friend test:

Who are the top ten people you spend most time with?
What impact do they have on you?
Do they give or cost you energy?
Why do you spend time with them?
And most importantly: Are they worth your time also in future?

Know who your role models are:

And then make another list with people you look up to, people who really inspire and motivate you. Who would you like to spend (more) time with if you could? Who would give you (more) energy? Write everybody down, no matter if you know the person or not, or if it is realistic to spend time with him/her or not. It is also ok to generalize.

Blueline list consist of:

Open-minded entrepreneurial people who think in opportunities rather than in threats
People who want to get out most of life and who are going for their dreams
People who inspire Blueline because of what they do or the way they think
People who get out the best of Blueline

Blueline actively look for these people. The good news is that we don’t have to spend time with them physically. It can also be sufficient to read their books, follow their blogs, watch their interviews etc. to get inspired by and learn from them.