True Friendship

“Associate only with positive, focused people who you can learn from and who will not drain your valuable energy with uninspiring attitudes. By developing relationships with those committed to constant improvement and the pursuit of the best that life has to offer, you will have plenty of company on your path to the top of whatever mountain you seek to climb.” – Robin Sharma

You are the company you keep! It has been proven that the people who you tend to spend the most time with have an affect on who you are and whom you may or may not become. John Roth said it best "You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with."  

Today, I encourage everyone to take the quiz I call "How well do you know your Friends?"

Take out a pen and a piece of paper write down the name of the five people you spend the most time with.  Now leave about 5 to 6 lines in between each person.  On the first line write down at least one of their goals, next write down one of their aspirations or what they want to do/become, next write down one of their dreams (i.e. To go to the Bahamas, etc.) and lastly write down the name of the last person they dated.

I would venture to guess that most of you could probably only answer one of these questions about your friends.  I would also be so bold as to tell you which question that was.... My guess is that would be the last question.  The one where you were to write down the last person they dated.  If you are like me, I consider my friends to be my extended family. Seriously speaking, I am closer to my friends than I am with some of my blood relatives.  It's was only when I took an honest assessment of my various relationships with my friends that I realized that I wasn't as good of a friend as I could be.

Part of being a true friend and fostering great relationships with your friends would mean; as a wise person once told me, that you are doing what you can to aid in their growth and development.  Simply put, if you don't know your friends' goals, dreams, and aspirations- how can you help them grow?  Now, I'm not saying that you can’t help or foster great relationships with your friends without knowing their goals, dreams, and aspirations, but I am asking you how can you aid in their growth?