The world is smaller than your zip code. Kindness is cheap insurance for running into people again.
GRATITUDE
WHAT THIS MEANS
Networks are far smaller than they look from inside. The person who is peripheral now turns up later as a colleague, a landlord, somebody’s sibling, the one who gets asked about you. None of that is predictable at the time, which is exactly why ordinary decency is the only workable policy.
Treat people well when there is no reason to, particularly the ones who can do nothing for you. Keep the endings clean where you can. It costs very little in the moment and quietly prevents a category of trouble you never see coming.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Who might you meet again after treating them badly once?
MORE IN TRUST, LOYALTY & RELATIONSHIPS
- Ask your grandparents how they handled money, moves, and hard years. That’s free wisdom with decades of testing.
- One good mentor conversation can save you three years of figuring it out alone.
- Have at least one friend way older than you. They’ll show you what matters because they’ve seen what doesn’t.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.