A recent mastermind meeting found us discussing a more personal matter that also connected up with the business world.
A mastermind member shared his difficulty in seeing a childhood friend slowly deteriorate into depression, lack of initiative and even an expressed lack of will to live.
This person had gone through his fair share of family deaths, loss of job, faltering business and what not…. our mastermind member has taken this hard.
He has tried to rekindle a spark of life and initiative in his old friend and has even offered to provide capital and opportunity for his friend. However, till now to no avail.
Can one really help another if that individual, despite being in real need and distress, is simply not willing to pick up the ball and run with it?
It is a difficult thing for us to accept but this type of thing is an uphill battle. We can have a ton of good ideas, techniques, contacts and good will but… this "horse" will only drink the water if he has decided to do so.
I am afraid that in the end we really have little influence here.
That doesn’t mean we should stop trying.
After all humans do change and one never knows the value of one good meeting…!
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