Friendship as a work of art: Being a Helpful Person
Friends, as opposed to associates, are a rare find. We are typically a society of users and takers where “networking” has become synonymous with friendship and it really is not synonymous……in fact there is nothing in common with the two. As children of the industrialized revolution we have become acculturated to disconnection as a norm…. to using each other and calling it friendship when it is mutually beneficial and calling it a variety of unsavory names when it is not mutually beneficial. Friendship for business and networking is quite different than true friendship. One of the added burdens of success, of any kind, is the strain it can put on friendship. When one is a failure, or struggling, you can be pretty sure about friendship as one has nothing to gain from knowing or associating with you. When one is successful or talented, people gravitate towards you to bask in the sunlight you generate. What makes it more complicated is often people are completel...