Relationship building takes time and heart

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Dear Readers,

Thank you for coming here.

I have been meeting a lot of people lately, virtually and face-to-face.

From the interactions, two things become really clear:

1. Everyone is where they are for a reason
2. Everyone is unique in pretty much every aspect

That infers two findings:

1. There is opportunity to learn from everyone
2. There is no one-fits-all approach in relationship building

That further infers two conclusions:

1. Relationship building is important 
2. Relationship building takes time and heart

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In some cases, a follow-up email takes half an hour or longer to write, because a summary of that specific interaction is needed and some certain aspects needs to be highlighted and we need to decide which ones.

In some cases, a chat could use up all the spare time we have.

In some cases, emotional benefits needs to be provided, at the cost of acceptable quality loss

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It is easy to argue that none of this is necessary and we could better use the time and energy on work.

This could be very true and this could also be the biggest misunderstanding.

What use is work if it cannot solve the problem or it solves the wrong problem.

It is also easy to just skip doing this when under pressure and time constraints.

I need to make sure I do it constantly.

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However, at the same time, there is no need to overdo it.

There is no need to proof read an email 20 times even if it is to the big boss.

There is no need to always worry that the summary is not good enough and it will show our incompetency.

There is no need to always be formal. Maybe a quick WhatsApp message would just do the job.

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The other party is people too.

The key is that we keep doing it.

Only after we get comfortable with doing it, we start to worry about how to do it better.

To us all!

 

Till next time!