A lot of people make the mistake of making new friends when thing a going great for you, those are mostly fans. True friends are there with you when things are moving downwards for you. The help provide solutions and positive suggestions that will bring you back up. The mistake most people make when the succeed in life is they do away with their true friends that helped them up and then become friend with people that will only be around you when things are rosey. There is a song we used to sing when we were growing up and it goes like this. "Make new friends but keep the old ones, one is silver and the other is gold."