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The Hare with Many Friends
(Aesop’s Fables)
A Hare was very popular with the other beasts who all claimed to be her friends. But one day she heard the hounds approaching and hoped to escape them by the aid of her many Friends. So, she went to the horse, and asked him to carry her away from the hounds on his back. But he declined, stating that he had important work to do for his master. ‘He felt sure,� he said, ‘that all her other friends would come to her assistance.� She then applied to the bull, and hoped that he would repel the hounds with his horns. The bull replied: ‘I am very sorry, but I have an appointment with a lady; but I feel sure that our friend the goat will do what you want.� The goat, however, feared that his back might do her some harm if he took her upon it. The ram, he felt sure, was the proper friend to apply to. So she went to the ram and told him the case. The ram replied: ‘Another time, my dear friend. I do not like to interfere on the present occasion, as hounds have been known to eat sheep as well as hares.� The Hare then applied, as a last hope, to the calf, who regretted that he was unable to help her, as he did not like to take the responsibility upon himself, as so many older persons than himself had declined the task. By this time the hounds were quite near, and the Hare took to her heels and luckily escaped.
Moral of the Story: He that has many friends has no friends.
Has something similar happened with you in your professional or personal world?
The story above has a very important lesson on building networks and relationships in personal as well as professional world.
Your success will depend a lot on the quality of network you build and not on the quantity!
And this is where most people fall short.
We often fail to make deep human connections.We don’t open up enough.We don’t share enough.We don’t follow up enough.We are not sensitive enough to others feelings and priorities. We don’t give first before asking for any help or favor.
An important part of building solid network and relationships is to share enough about you. When people know about you, what you’re good at, what connections you have, then they know how you might be able to help them. This then leads to a balanced relationship where people are not just seekers but active give and take. It always helps when you invest time and effort in building few meaningful relationships than just adding on to the number on your ‘just know� list. Also to be effective at building solid relations you must be sensitive towards others feelings and priorities and try to help them as much as you can in reaching their goals.           
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