A guest post by Linda Formichelli for Goodlife Zen
Read almost any self help article or personal development blog and you’ll read the advice to “surround yourself with people who support your success and distance yourself from people who don’t.”
That’s all very nice — except that it’s bogus.
Whenever I read that advice I have to smack my forehead, because I know:
1. It’s not like you can run out to the friend store for the latest, most supportive models and recycle the not-so-good ones. Finding and making new friends is a lot of work, and when you first start becoming close with someone, you have no idea whether they’ll turn out to be supportive or not.
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