Everyone has something we want and something we don't want.
@yeezermac (145)
Singapore, Singapore
October 20, 2015 2:48am CST
Everyone has something we want and something we don't want. We look at Jason across the office and we want to share his skills in IT. We don't want him to get too close though becuase he'll talk our ear off about some inane opinion we don't care about. We look at Julian in the pantry and we want his friendship. He's a cool bro. But we don't want to work with him on the same project though because he's a lazy fella. None of us really likes a person unconditionally. There's always something we want and something we don't want.
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@purplehaze (661)
• Philippines
20 Oct 15
that is right.. i guess that's what makes life fair after all -- a person cannot have all the good things in life. And it is also what teaches us to value or appreciate more those things that we have, because sometimes the things we take for granted for are the ones that other people really wanted most..
@yeezermac (145)
• Singapore, Singapore
20 Oct 15
Absolutely agree. It is unfortunate when people make use of this knowledge for their own aims though, such as befriending a person only because of what he can explicitly offer them. Such persons tend of be "fair weather friends"; they appear when the sun is shining, but disappear at the first sign of stormy weather.
@purplehaze (661)
• Philippines
20 Oct 15
@yeezermac that is why as the saying goes, "you do not need a thousand friends.. but only a few who you know are true"
@yeezermac (145)
• Singapore, Singapore
20 Oct 15
@purplehaze Indeed. On a related note, it is interesting to note how different industries see business networking. In industries where there is "interdependence", that is, where people need each other for information, for introductions, for purchases, for supplies and the like, networks are very important. People in these industries put effort into maintaining their networks. However, in industries where there is less interdependence, and people are rather "institutionalised", that is, they work only wthin the confines of their own organizations, networks are really not very effective. People in such industries do not need each other. They are more reliant on their organizational hierarchies.
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