Friends and Friendship
Here are my notes about friendship and the organizations providing sources of friends to individuals and businesses.
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In eighth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you pack up your stuffed animals and old baseball but didn't laugh at you when you finished and broke out into tears. In ninth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who would go to a party thrown by a senior so you wouldn't wind up being the only freshman there. In tenth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who changed their schedule so you would have someone to sit with at lunch. In eleventh grade your idea of a good friend was the person who gave you rides in their new car, convinced your parents that you shouldn't be grounded, consoled you when you broke up with Nick [or Glenn] or Susan, and found you a date to the prom. In twelfth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you pick out a college/university, assured you that you would get into that college/university, helped you deal with your parents who were having a hard time adjusting to the idea of letting you go... At graduation your idea of a good friend was the person who was crying on the inside but managed the biggest smile one could give as they congratulated you.
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Now, your idea of a good friend is still the person who gives you the better of the two choices, holds your hand when you're scared, helps you fight off those who try to take advantage of you, thinks of you at times when you are not there, reminds you of what you have forgotten, helps you put the past behind you but understands when you need to hold on to it a little longer, stays with you so that you have confidence, goes out of their way to make time for you, helps you clear up your mistakes, helps you deal with pressure from others, smiles for you when they are sad, helps you become a better person, and most importantly loves you! Pass on to those friends of the past, and those of the future...and those you have met along the way... [crying yet? oh there's more] Thank you for being a friend. No matter where we go or who we become, never forget who helped us get there. There's never a wrong time to pick up a phone or send a message telling your friends how much you miss them or how much you love them. You know who you are, pass it on to someone who you want to remind. If you love someone, tell them. Remember always to say what you mean. Never be afraid to express yourself. Take this opportunity to tell someone what they mean to you. Seize the day and have no regrets. Most importantly, stay close to your friends and family, for they have helped make you the person that you are today and are what it's all about anyway. Pass this along to your friends. Let it make a difference in your day and theirs. The difference between expressing love and having regrets is that the regrets may stay around forever.
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love you without clutching, appreciate you without judging, join you without invading, invite you without demanding, leave you without guilt, criticize you without blaming, and help you without insulting.
If I can have the same from you then we can truly meet and enrich each other.
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The highest levels of large organizations look to these companies for advice: The "Big Five" is a term similar to "Pac 10" in sports. It was the "Big Six" until Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand merged. The term refers to the largest international public accounting, tax, and business advisory firms in the world. They include KPMG, Deloitte Touche, Ernst & Young. They are authorized by the Securities and Exchange Commission to protect the interests of shareholders. Stockholders have the opportunity for confirming them at annuual proxy votes. That's one way they are setup to be *independent* of the management of the company they work for. They are not corporations themselves but partnerships like law firms, but with Certified Public Accountants working in them. That's why they are called public firms. The others include Price Waterhouse Coopers. The group used to include Arthur Anderson until Enron. Accenture came out of Anderson Consulting, but are not allowed to mention it. The firms have a management consulting section that does about anything. It's impressive to have a Big Five work for a company because they are the most expensive temps that could be hired. They usually hire bright people right from business school, then provide them training.
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