Tag: David Nour

Relationships and Reciprocity

August 18, 2020

Marietta, GA – Relationships and Reciprocity

Author David Nour (www.nourgroup.com) lives in Atlanta, GA and I had the privilege to hear him speak a few years ago at a Vistage summit. He has written extensively about the value of key relationships and the importance of investing in your private and public networks.

If “Time is Money” as Ben Franklin famously stated in the 1700’s then our relationships have value too because we spend time with our friends, family and work associates. I am working on an equation that depicts the value of our relationships. If there is a time value of money equation, why can’t there be a formula for placing a value on our investment in others? Reciprocity is the result of our investment.  We get back what we put into our relationships.

Richard Koch (www.richardkoch.net), another favorite author of mine from Great Britain, calls our relationships a network of strong and weak links that connects us as individuals and “maps” the degrees of separation that define our social reach. In his book, “SuperConnect”, Koch explains how our strong and weak connections, reach beyond our core group of individuals that we are closest to.

Some relationships have a very small sphere of influence whereas some individuals in our network have massive reach. Koch calls these individuals superconnectors. The key ingredient that connects relationships and reciprocity seems to be our reputation. We are known by our reputation and associations. Guard both carefully my friends.

Bryan

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Relationships are Human Capital

August 4, 2015

KENNESAW – Do you really value your professional and personal relationships?  I had an opportunity to meet David Nour, www.davidnour.com in 2010 to discuss his book, Relationship Economics (Amazon). Not only was David fascinating to talk to, but his application of social media to promote his activities and capabilities is spectacular.  He argues that all relationships have value, either positive or negative.  Inventory your relationships and make the most of the positive ones in your life.

Author: David Nour
Author: David Nour

Relationships become the human capital of our lives and either make us stronger or weaker, richer or poorer.  Nurturing good relationships and shedding bad ones should become second nature to us.  If you want to reach the next level in your personal and business life, then invest in good relationships. Give of yourself to help others be successful and it will return huge benefits, not only to you, but to the world.

This becomes the foundation for the 80/20 lifestyle.  Twenty percent of the relationships of our lives determine eighty percent of our life’s outcome.  Focus on strengthening the good relationships in our business and personal lives and shedding the bad ones.  It shouldn’t be hard determining which ones are which.

Encourage Excellence today with one of your close friends.

#NcouragExcellence

Bryan