They'll betray you someday, only if you let them, and then they'll tell you to your face-. It's nothing personal, just business-.' They'll always asseverate their paramount loyalty to power and money with the same line: ''nothing personal, just business.''
Your true friends you'll know, but not until they are tested. Before then, don't bank with them. As long as things go well for you, that test may never happen. There is no remedy for this except to admit it and act accordingly, never placing all your trust in anyone else. A true mafiaso has no friends, only interests.
Some would advice: Don't go into business with friends. Some would also advice: Do not lend friends money or borrow it from them. We exhort the opposite, all the same, but with caution.
Why should a little friendship stand in the way of business? And if you ever have to deal strictly with a friend, you'll know his hangouts and habits, this batter to assist any action against him you may want to take. Nothing personal, just business.
Never tell your friends how well you're doing- they won't believe you, or probably condemn you for bragging. Don't tell them how tough things are going either- they'll leak and gloat word back to your enemies, who may take your misfortune as a sign to move against you. And don't be too swift to accept what your friends say to you about your enemies.
By the time you attain a higher management position, you should have all the friends you'll ever need. Friends acquired after you attain a top manager are doubly suspect. What you will need more is allies.
On the other hand you don't necessarily have to like your allies; history is so full of appropriate examples.
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