9 Surround yourself with good people You'll never see a successful person surrounding himself with mediocrity Our choice of friends, business associates and our network plays a large role in our success and happiness. These are the people who inspire us, console us, drive us and help us through the tough times. They are also the people by whom we will often be judged. Surrounding yourself with good people is an excellent practice both at work and in your personal life. Advertising legend David Ogilvy believed that this was one of the principal keys to success. Whenever he appointed a new senior executive in one of their international offices, he would give him or her a set of Russian nested Troika dolls. These are the traditional wooden doll-within-a-doll, within-a-doll, within-a-doll, etc. Typically there are five dolls in all. As the executive opened the dolls, one at a time, he or she would find wrapped around the smallest doll a hand-written note with