By now you must have heard that we are an average of the people around us, and a lot of our actions and perceptions are defined by the environment we are in. It is very important to make your own environment, as it is the most important factor towards the direction your thinking will flow in.
People with good environment develop a good mindsight early on and are mostly long term thinkers. Patience is very important for any kind of high stake game/activity and our environment teaches us a lot about patience. Now you may ask how?
Almost all the influential people, I know of have a habit of delayed gratification, and are patient enough to visualize far sighted outcomes, these particular skillsets are very essential to gain a good enough leverage and you can acquire these skills by being in an environment in which these are a normal norm.
'If you are the smartest person in the room, you are in the wrong room', You must have heard this several times growing up and believe me while you may never have given it an actual thought it actually is something to ponder upon. The rise of digital communities that we are seeing in the Web 3.0 ecosystem are nothing but group of people having the same mindsight, and some environmental perceptions
Environmental nullification of a genetic trait: Not liking things which you are good at.
Environment also influences what to work on, being in an environment which is unproductive often times motivates you to work on things which are unproductive activities.
Clarity is very important early in life because if you are clear what your vision and mindsight is you can find your tribe easily, a good environment helps you grow and become a better version of yourself so better choose your environment carefully.
You are a collective of people you hang out with, choose people who make you work hard on yourself.