Friends make us feel better. Friends make life feel better. Friends make us smile, laugh, and give us a sense of belonging. We need friends, don’t we. Good. Go get yourself some huge number of acquaintances and find yourself some friends. Aim at excellence, my friend, and you’re gonna need another kinda friend. And, this kinda friend is hard to find, harder to keep, and even harder to take. Funny, huh.
A deep partnership has another element mostly missing in the world of friendship. A deep partnership whether in marriage, work, or somewhere else in life, makes us better. These few make us feel like doing better. They illuminate blind spots, challenge us to reach, and kick our ass in just the right place even when their technique misses the mark. This kinda deep partnerships can only survive when both parties have the power and the will to hit and be hit. Most of these kinda relationships drift apart when one grows tired of what they perceive “the constant attacks” or another outgrows the others capacity to challenge. You are blessed if you ever taste being built, much less discover a lifelong builder beside you.
Build, anyway. Remember, iron sharpens iron. Are you tough enough to take it? Are you sharp enough to sharpen another? Are you surrounding yourself with a few who are committed to making each other better? Are you too focused on friends that only make you feel better?
Focus on the few, my friends. Focus on the few…
BUILT TO LEAD 