How many times do you try and stay in touch with a friend before giving up?

2022-12-22

Some of our friendships are very easy to maintain — each person gets an all-around good feeling from keeping contact with their friend. But there are some relationships where the energy just fades. Keeping up the friendship becomes more work than it’s worth. At what point do you know that the friendship has run its course and no longer merits the effort to reach out to that person on a regular basis? I put this sticky question to my guests on this edition of Quick Hits. They all had helpful insights into how we can navigate the d...

Some of our friendships are very easy to maintain — each person gets an all-around good feeling from keeping contact with their friend.

But there are some relationships where the energy just fades. Keeping up the friendship becomes more work than it’s worth. At what point do you know that the friendship has run its course and no longer merits the effort to reach out to that person on a regular basis?

I put this sticky question to my guests on this edition of Quick Hits. They all had helpful insights into how we can navigate the difficult waters of an uneven friendship.

Diane Helbig, founder of Helbig Enterprises, told us that “I struggle with friends when I’m the only one making the effort.”

We all agreed that a worthwhile friendship is one in which both parties feel invested. As Jim Lee, a financial futurist at StratFi said, “The important thing about friendship is that we both reciprocate.”

If we no longer feel that the relationship is balanced, transformational coach Cami Travis-Groves, has some sage advice: “It’s up to you to do a little self-check to find out if you’re spending more energy than you’re getting back from the relationship.”

Have you ever struggled to stay in touch with friends? How and when did you decide to just let it go?

Connect with the panelists:
James Lee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jleeadvisor/

Cami Travis-Groves: https://www.linkedin.com/in/goodjujucami/

Diane Helbig: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhelbig/
Dr Robyn Odegaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/

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