Thread by @joserosado

A couple of days ago, I told one of my students,

"Help me grow my Instagram page"

The student said, "I can't because we have similar themes in our account and I would lose sales"

It crushed my heart.

I had been giving this person free consult calls for nearly a year.

My student built a super business using my advice.

And even gained some followers on Twitter because of my retweets.

It's amazing how self-interest and money supersede friendship.

It's not that I expected this person to help me.

It's the reason why.

Basically, "a couple of bucks comes before you, Jose" lolololol

Despite the fact, I had shared this person's work on my timeline and my emails.

I explained to this person how I felt instead of doing what most people would do, which is to cut others out.

The person understood.

Said sorry.

And everything is ok.

As men, we're thought not to show emotions.

I, on the other hand, told the person exactly how I felt.

I said, "You know. I'm actually sad to hear this."

The person understood my position.

And everything is fine between use now.

Whenever someone goes out of their way to help you, do the same for them when they really need your help.

That's the rule for having a good, lasting friendship.

Now, it goes without saying that some things can't be done ("help me hide this body, man").