A lesson learnt from my friend

Establishing a better relationship always involves risks.

According to the Trust Equation from the Trusted Advisor, Trust = (Trustworthiness + Credibility + Intimacy) / Self-orientation, in which intimacy is always a tricky part.

Recently I found out a case that I didn’t handle it well and caused significant harm. When I retrospectively looked it back. I realized one of my friends has been handling it very well. Here is an example.

For some reason, I have been teased for having multiple girlfriends by my new friends as soon as I arrived in Bangkok (disclaimer: this is not true). I took it very lightly and just let it be. One day a friend sent me a message like this:

Hey I know I have been teasing you quite a bit for the girlfriend kind of situation. If you feel uncomfortable, let me know and I will stop!

Not original quote because I am on the plane while writing this blog.

I appreciated that message, but at that very moment when I received it, I was also quite surprised. It has never made me think I should probably do the same if I start to take the risk of teasing other people.

This is a good lesson that I learned from my friend.