Stick with the winners! Cast off the losers! Surround yourself with a community of winners. Why is this part of the prescription for success?

It’s all about priming (as defined by David McRaney in his book You are Not so Smart1)

Read the truth and argue all you want. Deny it until you are blue in the face, but this is the truth: You are not so smart. We are not aware of all the influences that impact and form our mindset. Therefore, if you want to have a winning mindset, the only thing you can do is prime your mind with those things outside of yourself over which you have control. You choose with whom to associate, the books you read, the shows you watch, the conversations you have, and the décor in your home and in your office. All of this has an impact on your mind, whether you believe that or not. You can have a positive contributing impact or a negative detrimental impact on your own mindset, with external cues of your choosing. The choice is yours. You can’t change people, but you can change your environment.

The true warrior embraces this concept and takes advantage of it in every encounter, realizing that (once again) the true warrior is a wizard who has a chance to prime the minds of everyone they encounter, with positive, desirable mindsets or negative, undesirable mindsets. We see the results in the behaviour of those who experience an interaction with a true warrior. This is validated learning. In every encounter, the true warrior looks at the priming effect and endeavours to take advantage of these physiological tools—to the benefit of both—to create a win/win situation, which is always the best outcome as we formulate winning strategies.

You are warriors, and having made the right choice, will prevail and be the winner you were born to be. So it has been written.