Fleas

What company do you keep? I think we've all posed that question, either to ourselves or to others. While I've never heard the quote in today's Thought, I must say it all ties together.

This issue of surrounding ourselves with quality people is one that far too few people pay attention to, yet something we all should be doing at all times. If not only for our own happiness, for our professional and personal success. If we continually lay with dogs, those who simply aren't the kind of people we want to be, what can we expect to become? If not a dog ourselves, we will be constantly harassed by the 'fleas' that these dogs bring.
I think we all have those people in our lives who just seem to suck the life out of things. Whether they are the classic "Debbie Downer" or simply someone who never seems to get the work done, this person must go. What company do you keep?