Quality Over Quantity

I've been reading an awesome book called Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi and it is jack full of amazing insights about building and managing relationships, networking (or in his words, connecting), and making the most out of every relationship you have. I'll post from time to time things that really stick out to me or things I remember while I'm on my mac. 

"Friendship is created out of the quality of time spent between two people, not the quantity." - Keith Ferrazzi

When I read those words, they rang so well with me and some things I personally have learned in the past couple of years. From a college student point of view, there are some good friends from high school that I tried to maintain a couple of years ago, but for one reason or another, I was unsuccessful. It was by no means malicious, or me giving up friendships, I was just on different tracks than others. Some friends grew angry with me, even when we did hang out, often complaining to other people. But then there were friends I wouldn't talk to for almost a year and when we met up, it was like we never parted ways. Those are the friendships, I realized, that were the ones that were going to stay true years from now.

Outside of your family and co-workers, you can probably count on two hands the amount of days in a month you get to see the people you truly care about. Surely, you don't gauge your relationships on the amount of times you chill with each other, but the quality of the time you have with them. That is why you should make the most of the time you spend with friends and family. Share your passions with them, whether it be working out, food, Guitar Hero, Grey's Anatomy- whatever brings you and your loved ones together. You'll gain more than you ever thought you could out of your relationships. 

Over and out!