Comments on: Why Your Peer Group is More Important Than You Think

By: Mary Thomas

Mary Thomas — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:05:26 +0000

So true! Company can be stronger than will power. Very important point. Good reminder. Thank you!

By: nancy

nancy — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:43:42 +0000

for sure!!! thanks yuri. nancy

By: nancy

nancy — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:42:12 +0000

it is so true! i have seen it in my own life & in my childrens lives. when i have been around positive people-it is much easier to reach my goals(like feeling sure-footed on a hiking path). when i’m around negative people-it is so hard to reach my goals(every day feels like such a struggle) my two sons are exact opposites: one is very up & all his friends are the same-they all seem to be doing quite nicely in their lives; the other is down low always in trouble & so are is friends-going nowhere all of them.absolutely perfect examples of that which you speak!

By: Gail Swedberg

Gail Swedberg — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:33:39 +0000

Yuri, I love reading your inspirational messages every day. I signed up to grow a relational marketing business two years ago with a simply amazing company and have found the people, the conferences, meetings, etc. so inspirational and life changing. Your daily messages just reinforce the messages I listen to in my car every day and the personal growth levels that I am achieving through my business. Thank you. Great job.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:40:40 +0000

If you count my family (husband, 4 kids, oldest married) as my peers, it is hard as they don’t all eat like I do and I still have to buy, fix, and smell their food. It is hard at family gatherings,as I am sometimes tempted to eat their food as it looks and smells good (not meat, though) and I used to enjoy it. It is also hard at church functions, but they all know I eat weird now.

By: Marcos

Marcos — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:11:37 +0000

Yuri, I can relate to the peer group mentality and pressure. The people I hang around with and sometime eat lunch or dinner with make comments such as “you want to look like so an so” (this person that they name is one step from being anuraxic) and I sometimes feel down or that my peer group may not be the best example company to keep. A comment like that makes me think about a college professor that was giving us a pep talk about how to survive in college. The comment I rmember is “don’t hang around skunks because pretty soon you will start smelling like them, ancting like them, thinking like them and people will think that you are a skunk.” The group that I mention is a group I some times have lunch with, so I realy don’t see myself as a skunk, I may need to distance myself from them.( You Think.)

By: Tammy K

Tammy K — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:11:50 +0000

My childhood friend once told me that I wasn’t fat, just chubby. I now have an eating disorder (not anorexia or bulimia) but it is associated with OCD. I eat, sleep and speak health, food, weight, fitness. It actually affects my job (as I am at work right now). I recently joined the FitterU program after spending thousands of dollars on anything and everything I thought might help. Just shows how “friends” can affect your life.

By: Yuri

Yuri — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:42:48 +0000

That’s great Elisabeth. Glad to be able to help you out.

By: Yuri

Yuri — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:42:23 +0000

Sorry Charlie. I hit the wrong button by mistake.

By: shalini tiwari

shalini tiwari — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:39:24 +0000

Thanks to Mr YURI.Nice article