Friendship

As I age, I tend to be more introspective (is that possible?-LOL). Lately I have been thinking about why I have become drawn back to some of the friendships of my youth. It is somewhat amazing to me how we can pick up after not seeing each other for 50 years and not be the least bit uncomfortable. I think it is because we started out right. No Pretenses. No Prejudices. No Projecting. No Promises. No Promoting. No Procrastinating. No Putting Down. No Posturing. No Pouting. No Promoting. A high school buddy and I have recently had lunch twice in the last few months. He lives in Alabama and me in DE. We are both 68 and Veterans. The 3 hours we have spent together have been invigorating, relaxing and fun.
So I am thinking about this blog just now and wondering how I can relate this to the kind of sales we do in the transportation intermediary business. We generally only meet face to face one time in the relationship and sometimes not even that. We use the telephone and the computer to communicate. When I was actively selling I had great customer relationships with people to whom I rarely spoke. Ironically most of those people are my friends now even though they have moved onto to other things and are no longer customers. Why? Guess what: Look at the NO Ps above. You build solid relationships and everything else will fall into place in your life and your career as well. Just make friends!