Many times in business, you deal with people you know, whether it be people in your community or people you personally know. As always there can be complications in business, from staff problems to client/customer problems, etc. It is hard when you are put in the middle of a situation with a friend. Sometimes friends expect products or services for free from your business or they may think what is yours is theirs at no cost. It is sometimes hard to say, but you are running a business and you have to speak up because it is what you do for a living. You might lose a friend along the way, but you have to remind yourself that you don’t expect them to give you something from their workplace or business at no charge. This also goes to say that you shouldn’t expect help from someone without properly compensating for it. If your friend or family member gives you advice, well maybe that is something that is on the house, but if they do something for you by going out of the way, you might want to give them something in return. People who keep asking, asking, asking, and never give, usually don’t prosper. Just because someone is your friend, doesn’t mean you should expect them to bend over backwards for you for nothing. Think of it as a nice gesture and compensate for it.
If you have a friend working for you, don’t be afraid to tell them to fix something, as you would to any other employee. You are the employer and due to the fact that someone is your friend should not mean that you can’t tell them to do something the right way.
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