You Become Who You Hang Out With

by Elysa Rice

in Career, TwentySomething

I am what you’d call an information junkie. I love books/seminars/podcasts – if it has information I’m hooked. I particularly like the arena of “being a better me.” The book I just finished is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. One bit of advice I’ve heard/read a few places is that we become who we hang out with … negative people breed negativity, you get the idea. I would say my networks of friends is quite in keeping with my values – so this post is not a find new friends push. Hey, if that’s something you should do I welcome you to it.

Actually, I would like to find some interesting people to “hang out with” on the web. Since I am a graphic designer by profession I follow many successful designers on twitter. The 50+ Designers to Follow post is a great place to start if you’d like to “hang out” with the big dog designers.

So here’s my plan … I’d like to interview (on GenPink of course) some successful 20somethings. I have an idea of a few people to start with but I’d love input and/or connections to some people you’d like to know more about. Also, let me know if there are any particular questions you’d like answered in my interviewing.

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About Elysa Rice

Blonde Computer Nerd. Texas Girl (Dallas to be exact). Community Manager for Bizzy. Social Media Club of Dallas Leadership. Lover of all things pink. Mac & Cheese fanatic. Apple Fangirl.

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  • http://www.defendingpandora.com Kate Hutchinson

    I can barely get through the 7 Habits… Have you read Megan Hustad’s How to Be Useful? That’s a great book in a similar vein and much more engaging to read.

  • http://www.lunsh.net/ Rebee

    That sounds like a fun idea, interviewing people to get to know them better. As an aspiring designer (graphics or otherwise) and a person going through her last year in university, I’d be really interested to see some posts about how other designers or people in general got to where they are now and how they ended up choosing their profession.

  • http://www.annpietrangelo.com Ann Pietrangelo

    Okay, so I’m not twenty-something, I’m forty-something. And I’m not a graphic designer, I’m a writer. New to writing, actually. I’m one of those mid-life women trying to redefine myself. Such a cliche.

    I agree that who we hang out with contributes to who are are. Of late, I’ve been hanging around at BlogHer and just loving it!

    You’ve got a great blog — keep on doing what you’re doing!

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