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Help people whenever you can. Genuinely. Without making it transactional
.But understand something about how this actually works in practice.
Not everyone you help will do well with it. Not everyone will repay it, financially or otherwise. Some will take the introduction, the advice, the capital, or the time you gave them and do nothing with it. Then come back frustrated that things aren't moving and looking for more.
That frustration is one of the more specific feelings in business. Watching someone waste what you invested in them while they explain why they need more of it.
Help anyway. But don't over leverage on someone who has shown you their pattern. You have a finite amount of time, capital, and energy to give. The people who do something with what you offer deserve more of it than the people who don't.
This isn't about keeping score. It's about protecting your capacity to keep helping. You can't pour from an empty container and you can't build anything meaningful by funding someone else's reasons why nothing is working.
Give generously. Pay attention. Know when to redirect.