Blogger / entrepreneur / crazy-person Tim Ferriss famously said in his first book that you are the average of the 5 people you interact with most. (It’s not a perfect thought experiment but I still find it compelling.) If this is true, who am I? Do I like that person? Do I respect that person? Should I be surrounding myself with different colleagues? Different social circles? Sometimes the changes you struggle to make individually in your own life will just happen more naturally when you alter your environment. Anyone who has ever found a morning workout buddy and noticed “Woah! 7am runs are actually happening now!” knows this. Ask this question about the 5 people you interact with most and you’ll be closer to finding your “workout buddy” for eating healthier, or your workout buddy for goal-setting, or your workout buddy for feeling grateful in life.

Source: The Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss

Have you asked this question? How did it go? Do you have advice for how best to ask it? PLEASE RATE! AND WRITE A REVIEW (in the comment box below)!