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A person's success is determined by not a few key elements. Relationship is one of them. Is it true that successful people have truer friends? Is there really some kind of correlation between success in life and making lifetime friends? How to make friends who remain for a lifetime?
What is success?
The definition of success is relative - it depends whom you ask. Think of everyday people, such as a theater actor who has just made it to Broadway on the strength of his/her most recent play, or a businessperson who has just made a magazine cover - for sure they feel successful. Everybody has their own unique formula where success in life would be the aggregate. How do our friendships affect our success?
Happiness = success in life?
Generally speaking, a person who is successful is subsequently happy. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines happiness as a state of well-being and contentment, a pleasurable or satisfying experience, though we may have our own personal definitions. As we mentioned earlier, making friends is a fine art, perhaps on the level of painting, classical music and theater, and one we have to be adept at if we are to be successful.
Keeping your friendships. Here's how.
How does a person make friends that stick around forever? The art is in giving rather than expecting. Share your friends' worries, concerns and happiness. Join them on all occasions that are important to them. When times are tight, be there with a few kind words of understanding, and when they achieve success in life, be ready with your congratulations, and of course, always be there when they need you.
The newfangled phenomenon of the Internet
In the earlier times, when the internet was not there, talking on telephones, sending letters and meeting personally were the preferred methods of keeping in touch. Up to now I still do not understand the nuances of the Internet, but if I were you I would use it as a tool to get in touch with your contacts and maintain a meaningful correspondence.
Generating a more pithy impact
Do you think it is really sufficient to send a perfunctory email of congratulations to your friends when they get promoted or celebrate an anniversary, or send a wan "happy birthday" text message on that special day of theirs? What if you search the net and select an ecard or greeting card and send it? Does it make a difference? Affirmative. It tells your friend that you took some effort in sending a message. So please, lose the "plain email" technique once and for all and quit "mailing it in" in a figurative sense - an e-card says much more without being too time consuming in the process. Even old-fashioned folks like myself consider this a great way to improve the quality of relationship with my friends.
It works.
What is success?
The definition of success is relative - it depends whom you ask. Think of everyday people, such as a theater actor who has just made it to Broadway on the strength of his/her most recent play, or a businessperson who has just made a magazine cover - for sure they feel successful. Everybody has their own unique formula where success in life would be the aggregate. How do our friendships affect our success?
Happiness = success in life?
Generally speaking, a person who is successful is subsequently happy. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines happiness as a state of well-being and contentment, a pleasurable or satisfying experience, though we may have our own personal definitions. As we mentioned earlier, making friends is a fine art, perhaps on the level of painting, classical music and theater, and one we have to be adept at if we are to be successful.
Keeping your friendships. Here's how.
How does a person make friends that stick around forever? The art is in giving rather than expecting. Share your friends' worries, concerns and happiness. Join them on all occasions that are important to them. When times are tight, be there with a few kind words of understanding, and when they achieve success in life, be ready with your congratulations, and of course, always be there when they need you.
The newfangled phenomenon of the Internet
In the earlier times, when the internet was not there, talking on telephones, sending letters and meeting personally were the preferred methods of keeping in touch. Up to now I still do not understand the nuances of the Internet, but if I were you I would use it as a tool to get in touch with your contacts and maintain a meaningful correspondence.
Generating a more pithy impact
Do you think it is really sufficient to send a perfunctory email of congratulations to your friends when they get promoted or celebrate an anniversary, or send a wan "happy birthday" text message on that special day of theirs? What if you search the net and select an ecard or greeting card and send it? Does it make a difference? Affirmative. It tells your friend that you took some effort in sending a message. So please, lose the "plain email" technique once and for all and quit "mailing it in" in a figurative sense - an e-card says much more without being too time consuming in the process. Even old-fashioned folks like myself consider this a great way to improve the quality of relationship with my friends.
It works.
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