Does surrounding yourself with motivated people help with your motivation?

Question

Does surrounding yourself with motivated people help with your motivation?

Answer 1

Yes.  The energy, enthusiasm, spills

over to you.  It ignites passion in you.

They talk about doing, reaching goals,

and that's contagious.  

Answer 2

Yes.  It's called, um, something I can't remember.  But our behavior tends to move towards the norm of whatever group of people we are in.  So if you are with a group of highly motivated people it will help with your motivation.

Answer 3

Definitely a positive factor. The confidence and direction helps us move forward in a positive direction.  

Answer 4

Majority influence, although in some cases it has been known to have the opposiste effect, some people actually get less motivated because they believe they other people around them as going to be more sucessful than them and can actually demotive the individual.

Answer 5

Yes! The positivities that are in the air, the self-assuranceness, the "I can" atmosphere is very contagious and thought provoking.

When a person is feeling "down", go and get to a public place that is full of those positivities