There are three kinds of people you will encounter in life on this glorious planet: those that can help you, those that can hurt you and those that don’t matter.
If you want to succeed in life and in your career, I suggest you check out a Strategic Management Post from Michael Hyatt. He has a four box matrix to help you analyze and manage the professional relationships in your life (use it for your personal ones too).
This allows you to look at four possible combinations:
- High-profit/low-maintenance
- Low-profit/low-maintenance
- High-profit/high-maintenance
- Low-profit/low-maintenance
Keep in mind that profit and maintence can take on many forms. For instance, profit might mean money, but it also could mean satisfaction or joy. Take the time to think through the relationships in your life through this exercise. Ultimately, you want to use this to strategize about your time and resources.
When you’re done checking out the full post, jump over to at least one of the follow-up posts highlighting related interactions. The Author post is the most relatable for musicians. I think you’ll know which box to be in.
Take the time to think through the relationships in your life through this exercise. In the end you’ll find my initial comment to be true; there are three kinds of people in the world.
Get around the people who can help you.
Get AWAY from the people who can hurt you.
And the ones that don’t matter?
They don’t matter.
