Living with someone is perhaps one of the most difficult aspects of a relationship you can experience. People have different backgrounds and different upbringings, and these things make it difficult for people to get along in the same physical space. It is exacerbated when people don’t know how to respect one another.
While computers and the internet have become invaluable resources and we now have no idea how we could ever live without them, there are still some things that the computer cannot replace. One of those things is relationships. The internet hasn’t solved all relationship problems, and in fact, it has in many cases added more trouble than anything.
For a leader, finding a mentor and being a mentor is not just an option or a sidelight, it’s an essential component of peak performance.
In the world of business, just doing your job well isn’t always enough to get you that corner office. Often it’s how you play the game and sometimes that game is golf. Golf has long been a past time used in business to build relationships but it can be a deal breaker if you don’t know a driver from a putter.