Although you are a businessman, don't be busy with your work all day. No matter how busy people are, there will always be time to eat and rest. Those who are engaged in business work, travel outside every day, and return to the company only at mealtimes, can take advantage of the opportunity of running outside to contact friends who have not seen each other for a long time. For those who stay at their desks all day, they might as well use their lunch time to invite a friend who works in the same area for lunch. Instead of eating alone every day, it is better to make an occasional phone call and invite other friends to have dinner together; Even if you don't have time to eat together, you can have coffee together. If they are far away, it doesn't matter if they take a taxi. Anyway, they only get together once a month.
It is difficult for businessmen who care about these small money to expand their interpersonal relationships. If you lose the opportunity to associate with friends because of this, you will lose more than you gain. What's more, many people just care about these small money, but they don't care about big money. This is really putting the cart before the horse.
Businessmen who are on the move may wish to take advantage of their business trip to visit friends they haven't seen for a long time, even for five minutes. Or use the lunch break to have a light meal with each other. Although it is only a short five minutes, it is very important to keep in touch with each other for a long time.
In addition, there is a slightly outdated method, which is to visit the school where friends' children attend. You must have heard that some friends are proud to talk about their children, so you can easily know which school their children go to with a little thought. No matter what reason you find, you can say that you happened to be in the neighborhood on business ... If you happen to be an alumnus of that school, your reason is even more sufficient. This is often more effective than visiting friends in person. If you visit your children often, they will tell their parents about it.
after work, everyone can have tea together. Whether it's to welcome the new year and send the old year away or to achieve business success, everyone can find various reasons to get together. This is a good opportunity for everyone to connect with each other and relax their nerves that have been tense for a long time. People have the nature of liking the new and hating the old. Compared with the friends they already know, new friends can attract people to contact with them frequently. People who develop from strangers to good friends are mostly introduced by their original friends, or there is a layer of connection between them. In this case, at the time of initial communication, it is easy for new friends to talk about friends who are the same as each other. But if the other party has a deep friendship with this friend, casually talking about other people's private affairs will probably arouse his disgust. It is too dangerous to talk about in-depth topics before we fully understand each other's personalities or inner thoughts. It is not what a thoughtful person should do, so it is easy for the other person to misunderstand his true meaning. Therefore, it is best not to meet this kind of friend alone at first, so please invite the introducer to attend together and take the opportunity to observe and get to know this friend carefully.
The so-called old friends mean that they have got to know each other to a considerable extent. Cherish the attitude of old friends, but also attract new friends to take the initiative to associate with themselves.
The word "OLD" in English also contains nostalgic and cordial meanings. With the accumulation of time, people's thoughts will become more mature and their views on life will be more thorough. So "old friend" refers to a trustworthy friend.
An old friend refers to a friend who keeps in touch without the barrier of time and space. This kind of friend is more valuable. These old friends are also witnesses of people's past life. If you don't pay attention to old friends, you don't pay attention to your past. Compared with new friends, old friends may not have more freshness. But the more old friends you have, the more intangible assets you have, which can also prove that your own character is trustworthy.
The value of an old friend is really beyond words. However, how to associate with old friends is not an easy task. If you can't always keep yourself fresh, how can you let others keep you in mind? People often say that "a friendship between gentlemen is as light as water" is far from the reality.
It's really rare to have friends who completely put their interests aside. Imagine what a pleasant thing it would be if a businessman could have a few true friends who don't value the money in your pocket and you never expect to get some benefits from him outside the shady business field!