The Best Thing to Text a Friend | Cup of Jo
I wish I had bombarded Pete with more small touches. Just small emails to let him know how much he was on my mind. Writing about his own depression in The Atlantic last year, Jeffrey Ruoff mentioned that his brother sent him over 700 postcards over the years, from all 50 states, Central America, Canada and Asia. Those kinds of touches say: I’m with
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Here are two networking games/tricks from my friend Jordan Harbinger, a lawyer turned podcaster who has transformed networking into something truly non-icky. Jordan does these on a daily basis, but you can do them whenever suits you:
Connect 4 (AKA Text Exchange): Jordan scrolls all the way down to the bottom of his thousands of text chains. There,
Friendships are special.
You choose each other purely based on the human beings you are and how much you enjoy each other’s company. It’s not out of obligation. Not transactional. There are no expectations or great demands other than shared laughter, trust, and support.
It’s just someone who brightens your day by bein... See more
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