Have you ever spent time with someone, romantic or just a friend, and simply felt disconnected after parting company? You didn’t have a bad time, but you didn’t really feel like they were paying attention, engaged, and connected. Instead it felt more like they had other priorities but felt the need to fit this kind of time in. You don’t talk much in between times and when you do get together it feels superficial and lacks the warmth of a true relationship (again applies to friends as well as romances). The conversation stays topical only and never really scratches the surface.
On the business side of this is when someone invites you to join them for an event or a meal and then splits the tab after picking your brain for the time provided, fishing for leads and other tidbits. (The person who invites pays in dating and in business in my book! The exception is girl friends getting together to catch up.) In either case the result is the same, you come away empty. Don’t feel compelled to keep these people around you. Learn the art of saying NEXT to allow them out and someone else of greater depth, interest, and quality in.
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