We tend to spend most of our time with people who are like us. We are comfortable with people who make about the same amount of money, and if we spend time with people who make significantly more or less, it feels strange and uncomfortable. But consider this: many of us need to spend more time with people who are more successful than us! I  think that we should spend one third of our time with people who make less money than us. We can mentor them and show them how to succeed. Then we can spend one third of our time with people who are very similar to us— our friends and colleagues, sharing, relating and just relaxing. And I believe we should spend one third of our time with those who are more successful than us—these people are the “way-showers”, showing us the way.

I realized that all the people I invite over to my house for dinner are in the middle third. I am comfortable with them. So I resolved this year to invite the “upper third” to dinner more. I know amazing women who are more successful than me. Women who are kind and generous and have done amazing things with their businesses and lives. And I suspect some of them don’t consider themselves more successful then me. But I know. I need to get over the fact that I don’t have the perfect house or the perfect furniture. In my gut, I know these women don’t care. People are thrilled when someone invites them to dinner and cooks them an old-fashioned roast! So that is my resolution. I’m going to spend more time with the “upper third”. I need to expand my comfort zone and invite more models of success into my life. Let the inspiration come. What about you? Who do you hang out with?