How Do I Find the Right People to Be Around?

Now that you have made The List and have figured out who you need to spend less time with, you may be wondering how you can find the right people to be around if they are not currently in your life. You should start looking for new people who will add value to your life and make you step out of your comfort zone to grow as a person.

So where can you find these people? Here are a few recommendations:

• Fraternities/Sororities
• Student Leadership Groups
• Professional Associations
• Orientation Leaders
• Executive Boards of Student Groups
• Pre-Professional Organizations
  

Students are told to get involved on campus for a very specific reason: because there is a correlation between students who get involved on campus and those who succeed academically and as professionals. If you are involved in a student group, take a leadership role. If you are not involved yet, get involved with something.

It doesn’t matter what you do, just do something!

A good place to start is with your interests. What is it you like to do? Another question to ask is who is the type of person you want to be? Do a Google search with that interest and the name of your city or town. Or you can go to your Student Activities Office and get a list of the organizations that exist on campus. You will be amazed at what you can find.


Arel Moodie is widely known as America's Top Young Speaker. He has spoken to over 65,000 students in 39 states and 2 countries on the topics of student success, student leadership and student entrepreneurship. He is a leading authority on helping students of this generation succeed in school and in life. He is also the best selling author of the book Your Starting Point For Student Success. To find out more about Arel's book, go to www.startingpointbook.com. To find out more about Arel's speaking please go to www.arelmoodie.com.