Good morning and welcome to the Increase Your Impact Podcast. I'm Justin Sua episode

1,820. Today is a simple reminder of the importance of surrounding yourself with

people that make you better. People who are productive for your life, people who

are fountains, and we've discussed this topic before surrounding yourself

and fountains, people who lean into the best versions of themselves. And I'm not

saying these are people who are always positive and always happy and always

smiling. It's a group of people who provide different sets of perspectives for

you. You might have someone who is a fountain of humor, someone who's a fountain

of positivity, someone who's a fountain of rationality, someone who's good to

help you make decisions, someone who truly loves you for who you are and doesn't

matter how you perform. Take away your athleticism, take away your status, take away

everything. These people love you unconditionally. You want to make sure you

surround yourself by these people because they're the ones who are going to be

with you for the long haul and they're the ones who are going to help you along

the way. Sometimes these people will say things that you need to hear, but not

what you want to hear, but you care about them so much and you have so much

relationship equity that you're willing to hear the truth from them. And if

anyone else were to say give you this kind of feedback, you wouldn't take it so

well. And chance or maybe you don't take it very well, but it's only the people

who you love so much. And once again, who you have a deep relationship with,

who you know that it won't destroy your relationship. And so my question to you

is, who are these people? And are you spending enough time with them? And there

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