Socializing with others will never be complete without talking about friendship. Friendship also comes with its own demands and challenges.

Sometimes, we meet people who will stir us to greater heights. Other times, we may meet those that will suck the energy in us by what they say and do around us.

Worse of all, when one gets to meet someone who is a ‘chronic’ gossiper, their name gets spread out permission.

What criteria do you take before choosing friends?

I have had my own share of pain when I met some folks that negatively talked me down from going after my dreams. I deeply wished I never met them.

With the high number of people both online and offline that we meet every day, we honestly need to have certain criteria that we should be using to make our friend's selection.

What advice will you give to others from your experience with friends?