Happy MLK Day!

If the people around you are stuck in mediocrity, your future will look exactly the same. You can’t expect to rise when your circle is dragging you backward. This isn’t about being harsh — it’s about being honest with yourself. Surround yourself with people who are ambitious, driven, and unafraid to push boundaries, and you’ll be forced to level the hell up. Being near winners rewires how you think, act, and what you accept as normal. Your environment doesn’t just influence you — it decides how far you can go. Which relationships are lifting you toward greatness, and which ones are quietly holding you back?

You can have all the desire in the world, but if you’re surrounded by people who stay stuck, you’ll get dragged down right along with them. It’s not because you’re weak — it’s because no one rises in a space that rewards staying the same. Your environment quietly trains you, shaping your standards and your habits whether you notice or not. Put yourself around people who expect greatness from you, and you’ll start acting like the man you keep saying you want to be. Stay around people who settle, and you’ll shrink without even realizing it — that’s just how this shit works. Choose the rooms that nourish your future, not the ones that slowly choke it out. What shift in your environment would immediately lift your standards?

If you hang around people who settle, you’ll settle too — it’s that simple. Your environment shapes your habits, your mindset, and the life you end up living more than any pep talk ever could. This isn’t about being cruel; it’s about refusing to let comfort kill your potential. Surround yourself with people who push, challenge, and expect more from you, and you’ll be forced to level the hell up. Mediocrity will feel suffocating because you’ll be wired for better. The company you keep literally decides how far you go. Who do you need to start standing beside to become the man you’re capable of being?

Let me be straight with you. You’ve outgrown the room you’re sitting in and it’s starting to choke your potential. When you hang around people who are comfortable staying stuck, their mindset rubs off on you faster than you realize. And honestly, it’s draining your spirit. You need to be around people who challenge you, call you higher, and won’t let you bullshit your way through another year of your life. This is said with love because you deserve a room that makes you grow, not shrink. What is one environment you know you need to leave or step into to become the man you’re meant to be?