I was watching an interesting interview today about a person who was super paranoid when it comes to most people as when he suddenly became successful it seemed like everyone all of a sudden wanted to be associated with him. As a result this made him second guess so many people including his friends that weren’t around him during other times. What this meant too is that he often turned down a lot of potential business deals as well for fear that the relationship is purely materialistic in the sense that there is no way they would even try to help him if he found himself in a tough situation.
That is always a tricky subject but at the same time it simply comes with the territory I think. At the same time, would it not be fair to say in this particular instance that even for yourself you have to treat it as just a business? What I mean by that is you would always have the the mentality that everyone is out for themselves for the most part and so ultimately it should be about whether or not you would benefit from the relationship positively as well. This is as opposed to thinking of the business relationship in a friend way.
As for people that come up to you afterwards, I would think the same would hold true. Basically, from your past experience you know the extent to when you can or can’t rely on them so again it comes down to thinking what’s best for you. They are obviously not there to be friends, so to speak. Therefore, make sure to simply look out what’s best for you I say where you are making decisions rationally as opposed to emotionally.