CHANGE YOUR THINKING CHANGE YOUR LIFE
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However, this does not mean “a-loners.” They are not isolated, anti-
social individuals. They are loners in that they are highly selective
about who they spend time with. They do not drink coffee with
whoever is sitting there, or go out for lunch with whoever happens
to be walking out the door at the same time. They carefully build
and maintain high-quality relationships, and they fastidiously avoid
negative people who might hold them back.
If associating with positive people is a key to success, then the
flip side is for you to get away and keep away from negative or
“toxic” people. Negative people are the primary source of most un-
happiness. Problems with such people are most likely your major
sources of stress and frustration. Negative people do more to dimin-