IDENTIFY THOSE WHO WILL ASSIST BEFORE ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED

"Necessity unites."

German proverb

We are all much more open to assistance from others we'd not previously considered important, when the need for their help becomes apparent.

Wouldn't it be better to identify our allies prior to it becoming critical that we do so?

BEFORE IT IS YOU VOTED OFF THE ISLAND . . .

"Coalitions though successful have always found this, that their triumph has been brief."

Benjamin Disraeli

19th century British politician/author

At work we might call these "clicks".

Avoid them by any name choosing instead to align only with those who work to advance the company mission rather than their own.

WHO WILL YOUR FRIENDS BE TOMORROW?

"Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers."

Victor Hugo

19th century French poet, dramatist and novelist

Strangers who often later become friends, having survived the peril that brought them together.

Consider the possibility that those you don't know today might be your ally tomorrow.