Self-respect also mandates your choices for the people you…
Self-respect also mandates your choices for the people you associate with as friends, acquaintances etc. You want to make sure that the friends and associ ate you choose are people that will help you with forward and upward path, not prevent you from growth. This does not mean that you should not help people with the RI having problems, but rather means that before you help someone like this, make sure that you are able to help this person by truly know that and what this person wants, as well as insuring that this person is not bring you down. This process requires awareness and the investigation as well.
— from The Mind in the Cockpit