Is it really true that friendship and business don’t mix? That idea is not just counterintuitive to our way of thinking; it is like a flashing caution light. If you’ve been reading our blogs or our book, you know that Kathryn and I feel that having a friendship with someone should enhance a relationship, not hinder it, regardless whether business is a factor or not. And certainly any relationship can fail when the trust and empathy required by love breaks down.
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What political parties do is reinforce the stereotypical views that our society places on being a Republican or Democrat, and by inference, being a human being. If you’re not in one camp, by definition, you are in the other one. The ‘camp’ or the ‘class’ that you find yourself in defines who you are and what you value in life. A very popular parameter that is used to put people in one class or another is money.
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