Great Relationship Karma

“Do good things and good things will happen to you.” That’s from Early Hickey on My Name is Earl.

I like to think about relationship karma like a bank account. At some point you are going to need to withdraw some money. You don’t necessarily know when, and you may not know where you are going to be when you need it. So the best you can do is be sure you have been depositing money in the bank so it’ll be there when you need to withdraw it, and know where a nearby ATM is.

Relationships are the same way. You don’t know who is going to be in a position to help you a few months or even years (or decades!) from now. So you better be making your deposits on a regular basis. Put the relationship capital in the bank and then it’ll be available when you need to withdraw it.

This has been such an important concept in my life. I’ve always taken relationships very seriously and have spent a lot of time during my life “making deposits.”

Now, I am starting a company. And you can bet that I’ve been calling on those people for help today. And I’m surrounded by people that genuinely want to see this project succeed. Which is a lot of the reason why it will.

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