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Separated to be Elevated

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We all dream of becoming champions and being promoted to greater and higher realms of leadership. One important concept I’ve learned that is absolutely essential to follow if you’re really serious about success is you have to be separated to be elevated, meaning you have to break away from the old gang of naysayers if you intend to rise to the rank of champion.

We all know individuals that seem to be addicted to negativity. For some reason, it seems like there’s always some in your old crowd. Whenever they find out you have a new dream you’re passionate about, they constantly hang around and play the devil’s advocate, dragging you down. They try hard to squash your “why” in life.

Think about it. If you were determined to become physically fit and healthy, you wouldn’t continue to hang out with Twinkies, donuts, beer, and Doritos. You would move out of the old nutritional neighborhood. You would allow yourself to be separated from McDonalds and Pizza Hut in order to be elevated to healthy power foods. What if you tried to be healthy, but said, “I can’t leave my old friends-the fries, the cakes, the milk shakes-I can’t forsake them?” How long would your dream of health and physical fitness last?

It’s the same thing with success and living as a champion. If you want to achieve greatness in your life, then you have to make the decision to strive to spend all your time with champions and develop a mastermind team of positive, influential people who are success-driven and believe in you. If you’re making $50,000 a year, start hanging out with people who make $200,000 a year. Learn their secrets. Ask them to teach you.

I make it a practice to hang out with champions. My mastermind team consists of wonderful, fired-up, success maniacs that are striving to succeed in every area of their life. They support and encourage my “why” in life, and I do the same for them. But, you know what? Not one of them is someone I knew from my past. Except for my parents and some family, not one of the negative naysayers from the old days is in my circle today. I separated myself from the old gang.

I was in my twenties when I made the decision to leave my old friends behind. At that time, I was surrounded by many so-called friends that called me every day to hang out. It wasn’t until I began my success journey that I finally realized that I was wasting precious time by hanging out with that crowd. I wanted so much more out of life and believed I could achieve it. Unfortunately, my friends weren’t ready to step out in faith and build a new life for themselves. After a while, I noticed that the phone stopped ringing and I rarely saw any of those people. It was very lonely but I eventually met new friends that believed in me as much as I believed in myself and my “why” in life.

I have seen people be elevated while trying to hang onto an old buddy from the old days. Oftentimes, the old buddy trips them up–not because he’s a bad guy, but because he’s addicted to negativity. It’s like eagles trying to hang out with pigeons. There’s nothing wrong with pigeons, but they will NEVER be eagles. You are an eagle! Fly higher than the pigeons and don’t look down.

So, how do you do it? I won’t even try to convince you that this is an easy process. You have to have willpower to stay focused on the fact that you can’t allow these so-called friends to continually badger you with their negative nonsense. Then, you have to be tough and exercise the gift of goodbye. Explain to these individuals that you are on a path to success and cannot allow negativity to steal your dreams. You shouldn’t be cruel or dismissive of others. Remember, it’s not a personal thing, but you have to respond to the call of success. It may not be easy, but to become a champion in life, you have to walk away. It is a real testing time and can be emotional and difficult. The transition time while you’re waiting to be integrated into a group of champions can be very lonely, but it’s the price of leadership.

I readily admit that I am always prepared to embrace goodbye for my own good. It is not hateful to tell someone goodbye. Rather, it’s faithful—faithful to your own dream and to live the life of a champion.

Of course, I’ll always help someone that is struggling to find success. I am a mentor, and I’m pretty good at spotting the champions fighting to get out of people. You’ve seen them too. They’re not addicted to negative attitudes and words. They are always searching the horizon in order to spot their future. When they see it, they go for it. I will always have time to help those people. I love them—champions struggling to be born.

The good news is sometimes separation happens naturally after you begin to immerse yourself in positive self-development materials and activities. One day you look around, and you are surrounded by positive, like-minded people. Believe me, negative naysayers don’t want to hang around with someone who is always speaking empowering words or has a positive outlook on life despite the obstacles.

So, you have a decision to make. Are you going to be a champion? Are you willing to pay the price? As a champion wannabe, you must separate yourself from the old crowd before you can be elevated into prominent success. You must make sure that the influences, people, books, movies and material you allow into your life are positive and propel you toward success. The struggle you encounter to rise above the negative is vitally important. It does something in you and for you. I’ve never known a champion who didn’t have to struggle with shaking off the old in order to embrace the new.

This is serious stuff. Listen to me. You’re a Champion! You are destined for higher elevations. It’s time to go for it!

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