A person's success is defined by the people who got his/her back

It's common for all of human beings to want to be succesful in at least one field, being It material wealth, spirituality, athletic endeavours, love and many other areas that add up to a fulfilling life. However, what is not being told enough is that alongside discipline, right decisions and knowledge, a strong support system represented by people who care about your progress is one of the key components to substantial achievements. That's why in this article I will talk about this particular factor in more depth, showing you why It's so important for your progress to surround yourself with people who want the best for you and can even help you, all so you can get a better social circle and in result a better existence. Let's begin:

The contrast: Supportive vs Unsupportive

Let's imagine two scenarios, one of a kid with really supportive parents of what their kid loves and another that is the contrary opposite. In the first, you can see that the parents notice an interest for music in his child since an early age, so they buy their kid an instrument and pay for music classes, they attend to everyone of his/her concerts and later on are even supportive of the decision of their son/daughter to make a living of out his/her talents, being a shoulder to cry on when things don't go so well and the first ones celebrated when they succeed.

Now pair this with a pair of unsupportive parents, who might want their kid to go to college and become a doctor, while he/she wants to be an artist. However, they don't support their child but they disencourage the mere thought of a creative pursuit, forcing their child to do things that will look better for appearances and to study medicine, at the end resulting in an unhappy professional while they think that they did their best.

If you noticed this, It will not be hard to come up with why supportive people are essential for the development of your projects, as they will the only ones backing you up and wanting to see the best version of you, defying you even when self doubt comes and keeping you in the right track. Along with this, you'll have someone with who to share information about your progress, someone who's genuinely interested and might want to see how you are doing.

How can I find supportive people?

Now that you know why a tribe of individuals that have your best interest in mind is benefitial, you might want to know how to meet these kind of people yourself, and truth be told, this will not be an easy process as It will require knowing in more detail about your friends, how they react when you tell them about good news (Do they feel genuinely happy about It or they begin to talk about something that happened to them) and how they do respond when you tell them about the bad ones (They feel concerned and want to know more or they just simply have a malevolous grin and tell their simpathy in an almost sarcastic tone).

Accompanying this, maybe your actual group of friends is not so supportive as you thought initially and you might want to "break up" with them, and I know this isn't easy either, though It's the best thing you can do in order to improve, trying to distance from them slowly, not attending as much to their calls or reunions and in the mean time, trying to meet new people either in person or online and evaluate their quality as individuals.

I hope that this article could have been of benefit to you, bringing you some reasons as to why a functional group of friends that support you always is maybe the best thing you can get in order to be succesful and what you can do to have a social circle like this yourself, making your life better by improving the quality of the people you surround yourself with. Thank you for your support and good luck!