About your wanting to hang out with successful people....
What is your definition of success? Hang out with people who have similar definitions.
For example: I would count myself successful if all my children turned out to be hard-working, great-hearted, decent people, and if I somehow left this world a little bit better of a place than I found it. Hell, right now my husband and I make barely enough to live on, but our daughter does not want for anything, and we always have food and a roof over our heads. Money is a means to an end-it should never be the end, at least not in my opinion.
Just figure out what success means to you, and find people with a similar attitude.
What is your definition of success? Hang out with people who have similar definitions.
For example: I would count myself successful if all my children turned out to be hard-working, great-hearted, decent people, and if I somehow left this world a little bit better of a place than I found it. Hell, right now my husband and I make barely enough to live on, but our daughter does not want for anything, and we always have food and a roof over our heads. Money is a means to an end-it should never be the end, at least not in my opinion.
Just figure out what success means to you, and find people with a similar attitude.