“FRIENDSHIPPING” YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS:  LEVERAGING FRIENDSHIPS & RELATIONSHIPS FOR PERSONAL SUCCESS

Andrew Walker

The Walker Family

Christian and I have been married for 6 years.Our daughter Caroline Elizabeth is almost 2 years old.We love watching movies, being with friends, and going out to eat!

Caroline Elizabeth Walker

We have lived in Louisville, Kentucky for 4 years.I love watching St. Louis Cardinal Baseball, Running, and Reading.

I work for the Family Foundation of Kentucky as a Policy Analyst. Family Advocacy, Government Relations,

Social-Media, Journalism, Church-State Relations, Policy Analysis, Communications and Legislative Research.

I enjoy writing about the intersection of religion and politics.

I have been published in The Weekly Standard, Christianity Today, Baptist Press, Mere Orthodoxy, and the Louisville Courier Journal.

Friends

Are they important? Do you need them?

Why do you have them?

“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” - Thomas Aquinas

Friendship: What is it?

Friendship is the intentional act of sharing yourself with others and allowing others to share themselves with you.

Enjoyable Fun Rewarding It’s essential to being human

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” – C.S. Lewis

The Requirements

Being Intentional Being Genuine Being Open The Golden Rule

Isolation

Isolation is the opposite of friendship It’s as though you are your own “man on

an island” To be avoided

Aspects of Friendship

Truthfulness

Trustfulness

Tactfulness

The Rule of Law

Success depends on applying all three of these together simultaneously

Networking

Gaining contacts with people in a particular industry or field.

Acquaintance-based Collaboration

Relational Networking: What is it?

Networking is leveraging genuine friendships to learn about new employment opportunities

Credibility Examples

My job, writing

The Law of Returns

What do you get out of it? Relationships & Opportunities

Warning

Without friendship, you’ll be personally unhappy, unfulfilled, and under-utilized

Opportunities missed

“The worst solitude is to be destitute

of sincere friendship.” - Francis Bacon

Remember

People don’t care how much you know,

unless they know how much you care.

A Friend’s Value

The value of a friend isn’t what a friend can do for you. The value of a friend is the friend alone.

“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” – C.S. Lewis

Relationships build: Credibility Trust Satisfaction