Your Ecosystem Shapes Your Mindset

When you are building something meaningful, be deliberate about what you let in. Use the news strategically, not reflexively. Seek out places that elevate you—art galleries, forests, great architecture, open water. Visit the spaces where beauty lives. Your environment is not a passive backdrop to your creative life; it is an active ingredient in it. The people you surround yourself with, the places you choose to work, even the music you play—all of it is either feeding your creativity o...

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  Hi, it's Robin Sharma and welcome to Daily Mastery. This is my short form podcast where I'll walk you through the insights, methodologies, and tactics that I've shared with many of the world's most successful people as their mentor, including celebrity billionaires, NBA superstars, world-class artists, and global humanitarians. I hope you find great value in today's episode.

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  The sixth form of wealth is your circle of genius, and this is such an important thing to be assessing your world-class life by on a regular basis. And what's your circle of genius? It's basically the people you spend most of your time with. Really, it's the people who are in that orbit and that you associate with. These could be your friends, these could be your mentors, these could be the people who you meet from time to time, these could be the people who are your teachers, these could be some of your coaches, these could be some of your industry peers, these could be some of your family members. But every single one of us has the opportunity every day to build this circle around us

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  of people who inspire us. And if you really want to play in the rare air of legendary, make sure everyone who sits on this metaphorical board of advisors is operating at the level of the life you want to be living. And as you build your circle of genius, and as you think about the concept, I want you to also think about your digital influences. I want you to think about the people you might be following on the various platforms. You know, are they toxic? Are they superficial? Are they negative?

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  Are they appealing to what's lowest in human nature just to get likes? Or are they people of depth? Are they people who are aligned with the values you have? Are they people of the same energetic frequency that you want to be at or currently are operating at? Are these people of light and mastery and excellence and inspiration? I mean, this is really important. The people you allow into your life each day, whether they are live people or virtual people, they are affecting you. We know from the research of Nicholas Christakis at Harvard University that you are influenced

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  not only by your first circle of friends, but by the friends of their friends and the friends of those friends. I call it, as you know, the three layers deep theory. And so, think about the people you're allowing into your circle of genius, and also think about the people you need to say goodbye to. One of the most valuable things I've learned in my life is the insight that some people come into your life for a reason, for a season, or for a lifetime. Some of your friends, maybe some of the people that you follow, maybe some of your family

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  members, maybe they were perfect to spend a lot of time with last year or three years ago, especially when it comes to friendships. You know, I found in my own life, some people were perfect best friends for many, many years, but perhaps they didn't grow with me, perhaps I changed, perhaps my philosophy changed. Doesn't mean they're bad, doesn't mean they're not wonderful, but they're, they might not be right for me right now. And that even happens as you build a business. There are some people who are amazing at a certain part of the lifespan of your company, but that doesn't mean they're going to be right today. And we're all nice people, and a lot of business people that I coach, one of their biggest

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  things is they're so nice, they don't have the discipline to say goodbye to people who are no longer fitting. And guess what? That's really stressful, not only for you and your team or a bunch of A players, it's stressful for the business person on the team who didn't grow, or who changed, or who no longer fit with the culture. There's nothing harder than being a B or C level performer in an A level company. Free that person and free yourself, and watch what happens as your business flies. And before we leave the sixth form of wealth, which is your circle of genius, please remember this key idea: you become your conversations.

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  Please remember this key idea: if you spend most of your time with toxic people, energy vampires, C-level performers, negative consumers, if you, if you want a financial fortune and you're hanging around with people who have no money whatsoever, that will explain why you're not where you want to be. So always be populating your circle of genius with people whose lives you want to be living. If you're the smartest person you know, then I challenge you today with great love and respect to know new people. If you are the most successful person in your neighborhood, maybe tomorrow is the day you find a new neighborhood.

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  If you are the fastest-moving, most excellent, most virtuous, and fantastic person on your street, maybe next week it's time to find a new street. And part of me is joking on that, and most of me is very, very serious. You do become the orbit and the circle that you spend most of your time with.

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  Hi, it's Robin Sharma. I hope you've received strong value from today's episode. I encourage you to read my latest book, The Everyday Hero Manifesto, which is helping people from right across the world live soaring lives. If you'd like to go into further learning, you can head over to robinsharma.com, or you can download my free ebook, The World Changers Manifesto. And when you do that, you'll also get full access to the Everyday Hero Training Formula, which is a complete system to help you upgrade your productivity, positivity, impact, and the quality of your life. Have an outstanding day.