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- 0:00Welcome to the Diva Details. Welcome to the Diva Details.
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- 0:31Hello, this is Diva Mia. I wanted to talk a little bit more about the five most
- 0:36important people that you should have surround yourself with.
- 0:39We've been talking a lot about leveling up and growing who we are as a person.
- 0:43We grow with other people. We are social creatures.
- 0:46It's very important to make sure that the five people you have closest to you are of growth mindset.
- 0:52That is one of the most important things you can ever do. Those five people
- 0:56will help you grow or they'll hamper you. I tell my kids all the time,
- 1:00I said, make sure your friends, the people you keep in your inner circle,
- 1:04are people that will make you a better person.
- 1:07If they're not, they shouldn't be in your inner circle. They need to be people
- 1:11that are growth-minded people, people that are not complainers,
- 1:14people that are not whiners.
- 1:16Those types of people are people that will hold you back because you'll constantly
- 1:20be trying to help them out. I don't care who you are.
- 1:23People like to help other people. The goal is to grow you, not to grow everyone
- 1:29else, and sacrifice yourself in the meantime.
- 1:31What we're going to discuss today is if you really want to level up,
- 1:35if you really want to grow into the best possible version of you,
- 1:38you need to think about growing to your fullest potential and what does that require.
- 1:44It requires having a really good group of people around you.
- 1:47People that you should have as like a growth-minded person that helps you architect
- 1:51your future. It could be a mentor.
- 1:54It can be a coach, a visionary. Heck, it could be a spouse, someone that sees
- 1:58you and wants you to help take you to the next level, even if you can't.
- 2:02I mean, this is a growth minded person that's going to look at you and say,
- 2:05you know what, I can help you grow to the next level.
- 2:08Now, people that are mentors and coaches, they tend to not want to work with
- 2:11people that are whiners and complainers.
- 2:14If you're a whiner and a complainer, they're going to move on to someone else
- 2:17to help because if you don't want to help yourself, you're never going to get help at all.
- 2:21The other thing is that they can help you to be accountable for what you're
- 2:24doing in life. They can help you with your mindset.
- 2:27They're going to be a motivator in your life. Sometimes you have to pay for
- 2:30them. What I challenge you to do is get a piece of paper. You can list five.
- 2:34You can list up to ten people that help you grow.
- 2:38And the better quality of these people, the more you're going to grow.
- 2:41And this list may change. It's not a fixed list.
- 2:44It's just right now who are the most five most influential people to help you grow.
- 2:49Now, if you put on there someone that maybe is a family member or a friend and
- 2:53that person is not helping you grow, you need to really take that into consideration.
- 2:58It may be time to replace them. I know personally I am working on right now
- 3:03redoing my group of five.
- 3:07I think it's an ever-evolving list of people that you associate with.
- 3:12Sometimes there's people on your list that rub you the wrong way.
- 3:16That give you an idea of who they were, and when you really get to know them,
- 3:20you see a different picture, and you may need to let them go.
- 3:23You need people that are going to be honest with you, so another person has
- 3:27to be able to tell you the truth, and this person, you're going to want them
- 3:30to tell you the truth no matter what, even if it hurts.
- 3:33They're not just going to hold you accountable. They're going to call you out,
- 3:36hopefully in a loving way, maybe not, when you do something wrong.
- 3:39This is going to disrupt your comfort zone.
- 3:42I mean, I keep saying you got to get out of that miserably comfort comfort zone.
- 3:46Comfort, guys, is not a place to hang out. And a truth teller will tell you
- 3:50when you're sitting on apathy or you're taking the easy route instead of taking the right route.
- 3:56A lot of times the easy route's not the right route.
- 3:58The person that you're looking for with that's a truth teller is going to have
- 4:02really strong integrity.
- 4:03They're going to have emotional intelligence. They're going to be really good
- 4:06at talking to you, maybe even to other people. They will not be a people pleaser at all.
- 4:11I have a truth teller in my life right now, and she is amazing.
- 4:15She will call me on my BS, even if it's, she might be wrong sometimes,
- 4:18but she'll call me out if she thinks I'm doing something and taking the easy road.
- 4:23Sometimes I agree with her, sometimes I don't, and sometimes she just...
- 4:26Says something I disagree with, but it sparks something in me that allows me
- 4:30to then look inward and actually find the real root cause of the problem.
- 4:34I hope to keep her in my life forever, actually. She's been very beneficial
- 4:37to me. Then you have those encouragers. These are your cheerleaders.
- 4:40The encouragers are the people that are going to be supportive.
- 4:43They're going to be the ones that remind you of how amazing you are.
- 4:46They're going to know that growth is hard, but they're going to support you at whatever you do.
- 4:50These aren't the people that are going to tell you the truth,
- 4:52though, but they're going to encourage you when maybe you're having a rough day.
- 4:56This a lot of times will be a spouse. It could be, you know,
- 5:00a really good friend or a new boyfriend or something like that.
- 5:03But it's somebody that's going to hopefully guide you into your brilliance.
- 5:08But make sure they're not going to be the person that when you have a bad day,
- 5:12you run to every time. Because if you had a bad day, let's figure out what lesson we learned.
- 5:17So if you have a bad day, it might be time to go back to the truth teller,
- 5:21not always the encourager.
- 5:23And this can be the same person. Maybe the truth teller sometimes is also your encourager.
- 5:27Then you also need to have a collaborator. This is a person that you can build with.
- 5:32I have a great partner at Diva Details that we're building a great organization
- 5:38together with right now. It's evolving.
- 5:41She's helping me push limits in different ways, in ways I hadn't thought of.
- 5:44And this collaborator sometimes is not always that helpful, but sometimes she
- 5:48pushes me beyond what I thought I could do. A collaborator is great.
- 5:52It's usually a work colleague, but it's not always. It's going to be maybe in your industry.
- 5:57It could be somebody in your Facebook friend group. It could be someone that
- 6:01you have online, a class.
- 6:03All of these five people, just so you know, don't have to be local.
- 6:08They can be international. They can be national.
- 6:10That's why the five people that you make your list of to help you grow, this is a life growth.
- 6:17Maybe you're in a family that's tough, maybe not in the wealthiest area or you're
- 6:22just starting out in life or you're just starting to grow, you still need to
- 6:26look for these five people.
- 6:27These five people will help you and they don't have to be local.
- 6:31In fact, sometimes you can't find anybody in your family that's positive.
- 6:34I've been there before. You have to be looking outwards for those five people.
- 6:40They're just going to help you grow. And then there's the person that helps
- 6:43ground you. A lot of times this is a soulmate or a friend.
- 6:47And a soulmate doesn't have to be your partner. It can be just a friend.
- 6:50It could be your husband. It could be your wife. But they're going to help nourish your soul.
- 6:54Sometimes it's spiritually. Sometimes it's physically. And sometimes it's emotionally.
- 6:58They're usually there right when you need them. It seems like they help heal
- 7:02you or ground you when you're having a terrible time and they just help you
- 7:07reconnect. I have friends like this in other states.
- 7:10I will say they've been such a blessing to me on my journey because burnout's
- 7:16real. You're going to go through burnout.
- 7:17You're going to have tough times in life. And every once in a while,
- 7:20you're going to fall and you're going to fall hard.
- 7:23And when you fall, you're going to need someone to help you get back up.
- 7:26Sometimes it's for a long period of time. Sometimes the falls are harder,
- 7:29and sometimes you just need a little hand to get up, and then you can soar again.
- 7:34They should be people that bring you peace and that remind you that there's
- 7:37balance in the world. They might be a spiritual person.
- 7:41Sometimes they're the opposite sex. Sometimes they're not. Sometimes it's just
- 7:44a therapist or your yoga teacher or an energy healer.
- 7:48They tend to be wise in life and grounded and definitely have emotional intelligence.
- 7:56And then you could also have another person that helps you go over your plans and grow and set goals.
- 8:02They can be there to challenge you. I have a friend that's a truth teller that
- 8:07we did a vision board with, or I did a vision board with, and we set our goals
- 8:11together, and then we challenged each other's goals.
- 8:13A lot of times you're gonna find when you set your goals, you're limiting yourself
- 8:16because of past limiting beliefs.
- 8:19When you set goals, dream big.
- 8:21You only have one life. You might as well dream and shoot for the stars.
- 8:25Now, when you're figuring out your circle, you're going to want to write it down.
- 8:28These people don't have to be your best friends. However, I do recommend highly
- 8:33that the people you keep your best friends and the people that you're hanging
- 8:36out with have a lot of these traits because you shouldn't be hanging out with
- 8:40anyone that's bringing you down.
- 8:42You shouldn't be allowing anyone in your life that's manipulating you.
- 8:45You shouldn't be allowing anyone in your life that makes you feel unsafe.
- 8:49If someone's shown you who they are, then you get glimpses of that person.
- 8:53Again, even if you've tried to tell them you didn't like that behavior,
- 8:57you need to believe them.
- 8:58Make sure that the five people that you have around you, whether it's friends,
- 9:02family, spouses, boyfriends, girlfriends, etc., that coaches.
- 9:08Therapists, that they are top-notch because you want to grow yourself to be top-notch.
- 9:13You've got to strategize this list. It's not something that just happens.
- 9:16I think in life, a lot of times, we allow friends into our lives just because they're there.
- 9:23Just because we work with them, just because we met them and started dating
- 9:27them and like them, but then we put up with stuff from them that we don't really appreciate.
- 9:32You really have to be selective on who you let into your world.
- 9:36And there's been friends that I've just started to let go because they don't give me peace.
- 9:41They don't give me joy, they give me drama.
- 9:43And I have a lot going on in my life. I don't need other people's drama to add
- 9:49to it. And then there's the friends that you talk to, and every single time
- 9:52you talk to them, there's a problem.
- 9:55Every time you talk to them, they never have good days.
- 9:58Everything is always going wrong for them, and they can't see through to see
- 10:02the light and the blessing that they're living every day just by living.
- 10:05Those are the people you may need to let go. And I'm not saying you can't be
- 10:09there for friends, but you shouldn't be everybody's therapist.
- 10:12Your circle has to be protected. You got to choose wisely for these people.
- 10:16You should be contacting these people at least once a week. If it's a spouse,
- 10:20I hope you're talking to them every day. If it's a boyfriend, maybe every other day.
- 10:23But I hope that you're actually communicating with all of these people on a regular basis.
- 10:29One of the things you need in these people is they need to be able to see the
- 10:32potential in you. And then you should be helping them grow too.
- 10:35There is some reciprocity in these relationships. But if you can challenge your
- 10:39thinking and challenge your comfort zone, you can grow.
- 10:42They should be able to give you strategic advice and be confident and clear.
- 10:46And the funny thing is, is one person in your group may give you advice to go one way.
- 10:51And another person may say, go a completely opposite direction.
- 10:54You need to weigh their opinions and ask them why, and they will help you grow.
- 10:59One of the biggest things I think is emotional intelligence.
- 11:02This is hard to find in people these days, I will say.
- 11:05A lot of people are so wrapped up in their phones, and they're so wrapped up
- 11:09in their online media, and they're so into constantly posting that they've lost
- 11:15emotional intelligence.
- 11:16They've lost the ability connect on a meaningful way, and they're just all into themselves.
- 11:21And they forget that you need to be able to communicate with other people and
- 11:26care and be empathetic. That's part of emotional intelligence.
- 11:29You need to be honest and direct, but you can do it in a caring way.
- 11:32You should be unafraid to give constructive feedback.
- 11:35I have at times realized that sometimes my constructive feedback is not wanted,
- 11:40and then I have to pull back.
- 11:42But I try to do it in a way that is not hurtful.
- 11:45Some people can't take it though, but if they can't take it,
- 11:47they shouldn't be asking for your feedback.
- 11:49I would say don't offer feedback unless someone asks, unless you see someone
- 11:53going down a dangerous road that's really going to harm them.
- 11:57Integrity for me is a core value. I want someone that's going to be honest.
- 12:01I want someone that's going to be loving.
- 12:02I want someone that's going to have integrity, that's going to be truthful,
- 12:06and that's not going to lie to me.
- 12:08If someone doesn't have those traits, I don't want them in my group at all.
- 12:12I don't want them in my friend group, and it's kind of interesting watching people talk.
- 12:17You can see people that badmouth their friends, that badmouth their spouses.
- 12:22I don't want them in my group. I even had a friend that was talking about something
- 12:26that they did and joking that they told a lie in order to get what they wanted, and it worked.
- 12:33It was such a red flag for me because I'm not into liars.
- 12:37I don't want liars in my life. If you're lying to someone to manipulate them
- 12:42in order to get what you want, I don't really want you around.
- 12:45I'm eliminating those types of people from my life, too.
- 12:48I'm not perfect, and I get it. I'm not saying you have to be perfect.
- 12:52I'm just saying if you want to elevate, why are you hanging out with the same
- 12:55people that bring you down?
- 12:58Why are you hanging out with people that manipulate other people to get what
- 13:01they want? You be damned.
- 13:03I want people in my life that are empathetic to my situation because I give other people empathy.
- 13:08I want people that are honest with me because I give honesty and direct communication constantly.
- 13:13I want people that don't lie to me because I don't lie to them.
- 13:16I want people to help me grow into who I should be. And I have a lot of growth to do.
- 13:21I want people to call out if I have a blind spot in an area and I'm not looking
- 13:26through a problem correctly.
- 13:27When you collaborate on this level, other people can help you grow in amazing ways.
- 13:32And then you also want to have people around you that are going to celebrate
- 13:35you when you win. I was in a relationship that was very smothering for a while.
- 13:40I would mute myself and I would hide my accomplishments. And it really wasn't
- 13:46because I was embarrassed of them. It was more because it caused conflict.
- 13:51Because when I achieved, they would make it about them and how poor them and
- 13:56how they're not getting ahead. I don't want people in my life like that.
- 14:00I want people that when you celebrate, they will celebrate you when you actually
- 14:04achieve something, someone that will celebrate you and your wins,
- 14:08and they'll be happy for you in a genuine way.
- 14:11Some people will act like they're celebrating, but behind your back,
- 14:16they're jealous and they'll talk badly about you.
- 14:18You don't want people like that. You want people that will celebrate your wins
- 14:21and that you can celebrate their wins, and together you just keep elevating.
- 14:25You also want someone that can offer some emotional comfort when you do have setbacks.
- 14:29That's why I think it's important to have a spouse that's supportive.
- 14:31If you can have a boyfriend or a girlfriend that supports you,
- 14:34this will go so far in helping you grow.
- 14:38There's an old saying that behind every good man is a good woman.
- 14:41And that good woman is a supportive person.
- 14:44And I also think behind every good woman is a good man and the man should be
- 14:49supportive of her as well.
- 14:50I think when you have a partnership like that, the sky is the limit.
- 14:54You both will grow into amazing, amazing areas. And I think that loyalty is number one.
- 15:01If you have a friend that's always
- 15:02got your back, then good on you and you should always have their back.
- 15:06You should never let anyone belittle or make fun of your friends and you should
- 15:10always have their back and they'll always have yours. And if they don't,
- 15:13if they make fun of you, if they talk badly about you, they shouldn't be a friend.
- 15:17They should believe in you even when you doubt yourself. Now, here's the thing.
- 15:20When we have even acquaintances in our life that we go out in a friend's group,
- 15:25like maybe you go out typically in a group of three or four people,
- 15:28and you have somebody in that friend's group that's constantly bad-mouthing one of the people,
- 15:32one bad apple can spoil an entire bushel.
- 15:36A single negative friend can influence the group negatively,
- 15:39Whether it's a friendship, whether it's a business relationship, heck, at work.
- 15:44You know, there's the old saying, at work, to hire slow and fire fast.
- 15:47So if you find somebody that is toxic or harming the group at work,
- 15:53you should get rid of them.
- 15:54People need to learn to grow up. If they're polluting their surroundings,
- 15:58then you shouldn't be associating with them.
- 16:00They can go hang out with the other people that like to pollute their surroundings.
- 16:04You'll know when a friend is bad if you have to hide your success.
- 16:07You'll know when a friend is bad if they're not honest.
- 16:10And if they're joking about lying, they're not honest. If they don't listen
- 16:14to what you have to say, they don't pay attention, or they're always on their
- 16:17phone, that's not a good friend, guys.
- 16:19And there's the friends that want to compete with you. Every time you do something,
- 16:22it's always a competition, and they're not supporting you.
- 16:25You don't want people like that around you. It's red flags to have friends like that.
- 16:29It's also red flags to have friends that are late all the time or have inconsistent behavior.
- 16:34You can't trust people like that. Remember that if you have problems like that,
- 16:39you're going to get a gut feeling.
- 16:41You might even have dreams about them being negative.
- 16:43You're going to get a gut feeling that this person is not a good friend.
- 16:47And when they're not a good friend, it's just time to let them go.
- 16:50They can go find friends somewhere else, but you're trying to elevate.
- 16:53You're trying to level up. You're trying to build your resilience and your self-worth.
- 16:57And you don't need friends that are going to knock you down.
- 16:59You need friends that are going to uplift you, that are going to show you have
- 17:02positivity, that are going to have kindness, that are going to be consistent
- 17:06and loyal and non-judgmental.
- 17:09Judgy friends aren't the ones, although sometimes that judgy friend can be a
- 17:13truth teller, but just because they're a truth teller doesn't mean you have
- 17:15to do everything they say.
- 17:17I have myself gotten exhausted by trying to help out friends.
- 17:21I've lent friends money, which you shouldn't really do. I have taken care of
- 17:25friends and family in ways that you cannot imagine.
- 17:28I have been over backwards draining my cup time and time again until I had nothing left to give.
- 17:34I can't do it. I won't do it. I'm too important.
- 17:37My self-worth is worth too much. So make sure when you're driven that you find
- 17:42people that are also driven.
- 17:43I've been reflecting more and more about what do I really want to have in my
- 17:47life and who do I really want to spend my time with because our time is so much
- 17:53more valuable than money.
- 17:54We have such limited time. we don't even know if we have tomorrow.
- 17:58So we need to value every day we spend.
- 18:01Stop wasting your time with people that aren't worthy of it because you need
- 18:09to elevate and find those people that are worthy to spend time with you.
- 18:13Those people should value mutual success.
- 18:15They should challenge you without their ego so that when you're achieving, they're happy.
- 18:21When they're achieving, you're happy.
- 18:24It's a reciprocity again. Sometimes it's a person that you don't even know,
- 18:28but you just like who they are.
- 18:30I met a wonderful person that is into bodybuilding, and she competes in bodybuilding
- 18:36competition, and she's 73 years old.
- 18:38She's in the bikini area. I have the pleasure now of calling her a friend.
- 18:43I don't know if she's going to be completely in my inner circle,
- 18:46but I know that she is the type of person that I want to keep around me.
- 18:51I admire her in so many ways, and she's so positive and uplifting.
- 18:56Those are the types of people you need. If you're out of shape,
- 18:59why are you hanging out with five people that are out of shape if you want to get into shape?
- 19:03If you want to live longer, why are you hanging out with smokers and drinkers?
- 19:08If you want to grow in your business, why are you hanging out with people in
- 19:12the mailroom? You should be trying to learn from the people up above you.
- 19:16These are basic thoughts that you should be having and asking yourself.
- 19:20If you want to be wealthy, why are you hanging out with people that are on welfare?
- 19:25It doesn't make sense. You need to either start reading books.
- 19:28You need to start talking to people that are wealthy. You need to start connecting.
- 19:33You need to be open to connecting with people that are above you.
- 19:37Now, I think to be well-rounded, it's really important to have friends that are in shape.
- 19:41And you may have five circle of friends that are like super fitness people,
- 19:44and they help you grow in the fitness arena.
- 19:47So you need to find those people that will help you grow. If you want to be
- 19:50a bodybuilder, go find five bodybuilders that you want to be friends with and
- 19:54see what you can learn from them. Here's the thing.
- 19:56People that are grounded, people that are emotionally intelligent,
- 20:00if you earnestly go ask for support and help, they will help you.
- 20:05If they are an emotionally strong person, comfortable in themselves, they're going to help.
- 20:09They're going to give you their precious time because they want to help see other people grow.
- 20:14Because it's hard to find people with a growth mindset. Right?
- 20:18It's hard to find people that really earnestly want to improve and want to grow.
- 20:22So when they recognize someone that's earnest, that really wants to improve
- 20:25themselves, they will take you under their wing.
- 20:28Finding a coach is a wonderful way if you need to grow in business as well.
- 20:32Just like you have a coach in sports, you might want to find a coach in business.
- 20:35And it may be that you're growing in three or four areas, so maybe you need
- 20:38five people in each area or three people in each area.
- 20:41It's for you to decide. But the five people closest to you have to be top-notch. Find a spouse.
- 20:48And one of the most important things, if you are single and you're looking for
- 20:51a spouse partner, you need to find that growth partner.
- 20:54Because that growth partner is going to be around you all the time.
- 20:57If they don't have a growth mindset, being in a relationship with someone like
- 21:01that, they will bring you down. If they're negative now and you're not married,
- 21:05it's a sign you might want to move on.
- 21:07That's for you to decide. But remember, whoever you're partnered with will have
- 21:11a big impact on your future mindset.
- 21:13So if you partner with a negative Nancy or a negative Neil, those negativities
- 21:18will impact you in so many ways. And you will not reach your full potential with people like that.
- 21:23Going forward, I just want to let you know that you get to choose who you're with.
- 21:30You get to love yourself enough to
- 21:33find the support and the people that will
- 21:36help you become the best that you can become And I
- 21:39hope that you're there and one of the people for someone else
- 21:42I hope that you can be one of their five and
- 21:45help bring everyone up Because if we all did this as a collective the world
- 21:50would be such a better place We would grow as a human race in ways you cannot
- 21:55imagine I know this was a little deep today and a little more serious than I
- 21:59usually am But I wanted to make sure that we grow together.
- 22:03And I'm here to help you.
- 22:05And hopefully one day you might be there to help me.
- 22:08So don't forget to like, subscribe, friend, and share this with as many people
- 22:12as you can. To help them grow in new and profound ways.
- 22:16This is Diva Mia signing off. Take care. Have a wonderful week.
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