People like us do things like these. 

Seth Godin uses these 7 words to explain marketing and numerous other things that happen in our lives. The challenge here is to find out ‘who people like us are’ and ‘what things like these’ are.

You are the average of 5 people you spend most time with. 

This leads me to the age-old adage that everyone has heard but few know what to do with it: you are the average of 5 people you spend most time with. 

This is one of the rare commonly known wisdom which is actually true. Your habits, your results, your bank balance, your waist line, your relationship status. A lot of these would come out to be very close to the average of the 5 people you hang out with most. 

So, one way to change yourself would be to slowly but intentionally changing the people you spend time with.