Recognize the Influence of People in Your Life

 

November 27, 2019 –

Entourage (PEOPLE)

In last week’s post, we discussed how four influencers (4E’s), your education, environment, experiences, and entourage played and continue to play a significant role in writing your life handbook. This week we discuss the contribution of people. Expect and be open to the positive and negative influences that contributed to making you who you are.

An individual who has the power to impact the way you feel and think about things because of his/her authority, knowledge, position, or relationship with you. We have allowed these influencers to help mold our perceptions of who we are. 

In this post, you are looking for people who had and continue to influence your life. Examples, coaches, teachers, mentors, family members, neighbors, professors, and business associates

In, all cases you’re listing list people who had a significant and specific influence (whether positive or negative). Begin with the positive influencers.

Positive 

Name one or two people, who’ve had the MAXIMUM influence on your life.

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Why? _________________________________________________

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Why? __________________________________________________

 

Name one or two people, who’ve had a GENERAL influence on your life.

1._____________________________________________________

Why? _________________________________________________

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Why? __________________________________________________

Negative Influencers

  • Don’t let the negative traits of these people affect your self-esteem.

Name one or two people, who’ve had the MAXIMUM negative influence on your life.

1._____________________________________________________

Why? _________________________________________________

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Why? __________________________________________________

Name one or two people, who’ve had a GENERAL negative influence on your life.

1._____________________________________________________

Why? _________________________________________________

  1. ____________________________________________________

Why? __________________________________________________