If you've ever had friends or currently have friends, I'm sure you consider that person someone you trust, someone you like, that you like to be around, and literally they make you feel better just by being around them----
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I have a good buddy who travels a lot and we don't see each other as much as we did in college; but when we get on the horn (phone); a great feeling comes up that I'm thrilled to hear from him. If friends make us feel that good; then it will behoove us to take better care of our friendships and create good associate relationships until they become friends.
How do you take care of friendships? You have to show yourself friendly...you have to suffer with your friends, you have to give in the relationship too. It can't be all take "take" take. The same operates in our careers and businesses. How do you create more associates that become friends?
You can start off by being someone who smiles. You can be kind; you can sincere and even when you have to be brutally honest, you can do it in a respectable way. "But Due, it's not in me to be like that?"
That is fine. Trust me; I had to learn to be nice too. It all starts with taking the time to think before you say things because you may not be able to explain what you said. Relationships are 1/3 of what makes an individual happy in life, so take the time to improve your relationship with yourself and you'll improve them with others.
Friend, have a good day
Due Daniels
