
207 - Who Is In Your Top 5?
Wendy Red
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<p class= "m_2873565132247717051bard-text-block m_2873565132247717051style-scope"> On the podcast this week, I ask you the question – who is in your top five?</p> <p class= "m_2873565132247717051bard-text-block m_2873565132247717051style-scope"> Let me explain!</p> <p class= "m_2873565132247717051bard-text-block m_2873565132247717051style-scope"> A few years ago, a cell phone company had a benefit for their customers where you could select the top five people that you talk to the most on the phone and those calls would be free. They would run advertisements where they talked about you having a "top five." My husband, Greg, and I used to find the whole "top five" thing amusing, and I recall it was often the source of jokes with comedians!</p> <p class= "m_2873565132247717051bard-text-block m_2873565132247717051style-scope"> Then I heard a quote and it really had an impact on me.</p> <p class= "m_2873565132247717051bard-text-block m_2873565132247717051style-scope"> “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” by the late Jim Rohn.</p> <p class= "m_2873565132247717051bard-text-block m_2873565132247717051style-scope"> <strong class= "m_2873565132247717051bard-text-block m_2873565132247717051style-scope"> You’re the average of the five people that you spend the most time with in terms of income, positivity, taking action, etc.</strong></p> <p class= "m_2873565132247717051bard-text-block m_2873565132247717051style-scope"> The five people you spend the most time with are who you’ll be the most like.</p> <p class= "m_2873565132247717051bard-text-block m_2873565132247717051style-scope"> I remember when I first heard this quote, it really caused me to think about who the five people are that I spend the most time with.</p> <p class= "m_2873565132247717051bard-text-block m_2873565132247717051style-scope"> At the time, I was thinking how true the quote was. My income was the average of the five people I spent the most time with. My gossip level was the average of the five people I spent the most tim