Keep Friends for Friendship, But Work With The Skilled
- Though you think friends are trustworthy, you do not know your friends nearly as well as you imagine.
- A friend will often tell you a sweet lie because they don’t want to hurt your feelings.
- Sometimes they mean their words, sometimes they don’t.
- Your goal is to get things done, the better choice is to work with those who are most competent rather than just hiring friends – this is ideal both for your enterprise and your personal development.
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Be wary of friends – they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical. But hire a former enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend, because he has more to prove. In fact, you have more to fear from friends than from enemies. If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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