Chapter Nine. Don’t involve other people
You go into work one day and meet John (names have been changed to protect the guilty). You say, “Hi John, how are you?” John replies, “Fine,” to which you have to respond, “Well, will you tell your face?” The thing is not only do you become what you think about most of the time (see Step Twenty-eight), but you also become who you spend most of your time with. Thinking about your family, friends, and associates for a moment: what are they like? Here is a less-than-exhaustive list of some of the characteristics of an utter failure ...
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