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In today’s busy world how many of us actually have our true friends near us when we need them? How many of us take time out to nurture a relationship and grow this into a friendship? I believe friendship is and will always be sacred in my books. Its a bond that you nurture and grow over time. It’s not a transaction. Today however we are running after money, fame, our job, and of course providing for our family. During this time however we don’t think of taking time out for our friends or for anyone we come across. I mean we have come to such a point where we don’t have time to smile at a stranger. This is now happening often especially within the social media space

Do you actually take timeout to meet people you care about or are we running after managing our own life?

Today i met up with some great individuals, they are driven by achievement, education and have morals and values. They have a busy life as well. But there was a difference in their attitude. Amidst all the conversation i was having with them the one aspect that i will cherish is how they made time to spend with me. I am no great guru or leader just a human being, but even though we may not be best friends they took time out to converse with me. They shared their story with me. They got to know me for who i am and what i believe in. I got to know a side of them while having that conversation.

When i said my good bye’s and hopped in my Limo (the Bus) to head home my mind got me thinking:

• Why do some of us not have time to meet?
• Why do some of us make time?
• Why do some of us make time just so we can get something out of someone else?

I guess it’s pretty simple it’s how much you value the connection. I have always been bad at meeting my friends and this year i made a resolution to do just that.

Now think about this from a social media online perspective:

1. How often do you take time out to connect with your readers, your fans, your followers to talk to them about their wants?
2. How many of us actually are out there wanting to make a difference in our reader’s , customer’s life?

The day you connect, your world is a different world. If you can actually take time out to meet people and understand them, they will value you. The same applies in the online world. Don’t always think about you, think for a second about your fans, followers, readers,customers.

If you work in the corporate world:

1. How often have you taken the time to have a conversation with your team about their wants?
2. Are you busy trying to achieve your own goals that you have forgotten the most basic aspect of human connection?

Take time out to understand your team as humans not as units within the business.

If you are a start-up:

Firstly i respect you because you have taken the leap to do something that a lot of people may not want to do. During your interactions with customers there may be instances where you feel let down or you feel that you don’t have the time to make that deep connection as your focus is on growing your business.

Trust me just block a day to meet with the people who will help you along the way to be successful. You need to take time to understand them for who they are as people. The day they know that you are genuinely wanting to be a friend they will connect with you.

My friends in India who i have never met face to face Gollum (Ramanan) and Agni (Sriram), they have come up with a neat concept called Tooker where they sell Intelligent conversations, people can discuss issues without the personal baggage . It’s neat because they are allowing people to not only connect but discuss and ponder over some great aspects that we live in.

The title “Will you get paid to be a friend?” in some aspects is true. In business if you take time out to be a friend with your customers, your fans, your followers in the online world, they will pay you. They will love you and the service you provide.

I thank the people i met today for sharing this insight with me. I won’t say names because i am not sure if they would feel comfortable but each one of us meet people every day just cherish the moment.

Love you guys and thank you for visiting my blog. I owe it to you.