You absorb what's around you. Your environment matters—the people around you, the conversations you sit in, the attitude you tolerate, the examples you follow —all shape who you become. Do the people around you take you up and bring you down? Good people do not just sit and make you feel comfortable; they challenge you, stretch you, lift your thinking, raise your standard, and help you see what is possible before you see it yourself. You can't be careless with your surroundings; you are always absorbing, taking in, and becoming something. Is your environment making you better, or keeping you the same?