Each day as we grow we may find we'd like to associate with others who hold us accountable, those who expect more of us than others.
We become who we associate with, so wouldn't it be prudent to associate with others who have greater social standing than we do ourselves?
This is Social Capitol
You have heard the statement:
"It's not what you know but who you know."
If this is true, then it is our responsibility to change "Who we know."
How do you do this?
Join clubs where you may find people who are the 'Movers and Shakers' of the world.
Some of these groups may be,
Toastmasters International
Rotary Clubs
Lions Clubs
Shriners
and especially the Masons or Freemasons. Seek out your local Masonic Lodge. The goal of this organization is to better propagate human kind. One of the greatest books I have ever had the pleasure to read was Albert Pikes' Morals and Dogma. This is an outline of the 33 degrees of Freemasonry.