One major problem is not the people around you, the change is always you.
The people around you are a function of your admins. If you change, your circle of friends will also automatically change.
If you do not like your pose of an associate, you need to change the attributes you possess. That means the names of the people may change, but the type of person will remain the same, no matter how it has always been so people always tend to change their life and everything but if you're not in the right location or with the right people nothing will change and your life will still remain the same.