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THE SIMPLE NEWSLETTER - ISSUE # 058

ADAM'S THOUGHTS:

Not every relationship needs to be monetized.

That’s a hard mindset to hold when you’re self-employed, when you’re a founder, when you’re building a business. Because your day-to-day thinking naturally becomes: How do I help more people do the thing I’m great at helping them do?

Everywhere you look, you see opportunities.

You see people struggling.

You see people who’ve had success because they worked with you—or someone like you.

And before you know it, every human interaction starts to feel like a chance to help.

That’s not greed. That’s just what happens.

But along that path, something can quietly get lost:

Friendship.

A sense of self.

The ability to just have people around you because you care about them.

It’s wise—necessary, even—to occasionally take inventory of your relationships.

To distinguish between true friendships… and relationships built primarily around reliance.

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ADAM'S LESSON:

When I did that inventory, I noticed something uncomfortable.

There were people I’d been neglecting.

At first, I worried it was because they couldn’t help me move the ball forward in my current endeavors.

Then I worried it was because I no longer cared.

Neither was true.

I loved them.

But how much had I shown that love?

So, I did something simple.

I picked up the phone.

I sent a message.

I wrote an email—from my personal email.

What came back surprised me.

No guilt.

No “where have you been?”

No disappointment.

With those kinds of people, you just pick up right where you left off.

They were always there.

They were waiting for you to be ready.

As you grow your business, it’s important to remember what it’s for.

Not to help these people.

But so you can be the kind of person who’s truly present with them.

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So here's my question for you this week:

Is there someone in your life you’ve unintentionally drifted from—not because you don’t care, but because you’ve been building?

Who might be worth reaching out to, simply to reconnect?

Reply and tell me. While I can’t respond to every message, Tom and I read every reply, and we genuinely appreciate hearing from you.

That’s all for this week.

See you next Saturday.

-Adam

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