Message of the Day - What Relationships Can Do

Good Morning,

My hair dresser, Sally, is a very successful businesswoman. It is not because she has become a millionaire, or that she has created some new process or style being used the world over.

No, she is very successful because she understands the power of having strong relationships. Relationships with her customers, with those she is a customer of, and the people of the community she lives and works in. My wife has been a customer for over 20 years, and she is one of many.

A while back she was telling us of a conversation with the owners of the strip mall that she has had her shop in for the last 25 years. They were talking about tearing down some buildings and doing some major remodeling. They told her that no matter what happened, that she would have a place for her salon. They would create a space for her.

Why? A Hair Salon is not usually a huge money maker?

Because there is power in a relationship.

After building a strong relationship over 25 years, it becomes an easy decision on who to continue to do business with and who to cut ties with.

True relationship building is just like Dr. Steven Covey says, investing daily in the emotional bank account of others. So that when problems arise, you can take a withdrawal. Take too much and you are overdrawn, and then you risk closing the account entirely.

By pouring ourselves into each relationship we value, we can build such a strong bond, a trust, that through thick and thin, these bonds hold.

When we try to quickly build up a relationship for selfish reasons, people just know. In other words, folks know when you are ‘sucking up’ to them.

Building Relationships with business partners, friends and even family members, is a key building block to success in life.

The stronger our relationships, the better equipped we are to embrace the challenges we face each and every day. And when our challenges come, and you need help, do you know who to call? Will they help? Will they care? It all depends on the relationship you have invested in and built.

Enjoy!

 

Sanford Berenberg

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