2:45 p.m.
(b)
I think you have about 5 intimate friends, 15 best friends, 50 good friends, 150 friends and 500 acquaintances and 1,500 people you recognise on sight -- who are not really friends. The top 150 are the layer that will consider doing favours.
The thing is that these people are all unequal, they have different values, different characters, stories, they do different things, different age groups, religions, races, different political views, different industries, etc.
I guess, the only real requirement is to have a mutual interest. But even this is tricky. I seem to have made up my mind on an intended outcome, a widening scope and there is a measured success criteria.
It is quite funny. I mean, if you look at cousin Udhantha, cousin Koshitha or cousin Chadu, all of them, they are remarkably quiet. They do not post anything. They do not talk. If you meet in person, it is similar, you might do fun things, but this is the way they always act around people.
With me, I am an open book. The reason I cannot talk about all my business plans on Facebook is because of profit, the profit we earn is a bit high, then the people paying may feel it is stealing, so I avoiding discussing pricing. I give rough ballpark estimates, maybe, but I try to avoid it.
The opposite is required too. If we sign a deal, it is often done under a Nondisclosure Agreement. SL ranks very poorly in terms of the corruption index. In my case, I know I can easily sign bigger deals, so, I do not need to worry about doing things crooked. I prefer if this is revealed, as it legitimises the deal.
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However, again, if you try to hide things, it is suspected as a crime or a dirty deal. This is why you should try to always be open and honest. It is the only way to withstand the test of time. When you do things properly, there is nothing to be afraid of. You are not going to get punished.
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In my case, the people who operate larger US businesses, the big ones, they need to know who they are doing business with. They cannot do business with people who hide, with an empty Facebook, they will worry you are hiding something, that you are a risk and they will be scared:
"How am I supposed to partner this guy on a $1bn investment or project if I do not know who this man really is, what is he hiding, who is he really?"
3:00 p.m.
It is indeed "cruel" to remove friends. It is wicked. They did not do any thing bad or hurt you, and to remove people, it hurts them. It is truly hurtful, I would feel very hurt if some people I care about, unfriended me.
But I mean, I need to know I am safe. I need to make sure that people in my life are pulling their weight. They have to be acting in my interests. I do not need a Lal uncle type friend who will █████████████████████████████████████ and betray me! It is just not worth it.
