1. “FRIENDSHIPPING” YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS: LEVERAGING FRIENDSHIPS & RELATIONSHIPS FOR PERSONAL SUCCESS Andrew Walker

2. The Walker Family Christian and I have been married for 6 years. Our daughter Caroline Elizabeth is almost 2 years old. We love watching movies, being with friends, and going out to eat!

3. Caroline Elizabeth Walker

4. We have lived in Louisville, Kentucky for 4 years. I love watching St. Louis Cardinal Baseball, Running, and Reading.

5.  I work for the Family Foundation of Kentucky as a Policy Analyst.  Family Advocacy, Government Relations, Social- Media, Journalism, Church-State Relations, Policy Analysis, Communications and Legislative Research.  I enjoy writing about the intersection of religion and politics.  I have been published in The Weekly Standard, Christianity Today, Baptist Press, Mere Orthodoxy, and the Louisville Courier Journal.

6. Friends  Are they important?  Do you need them?  Why do you have them?  “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” - Thomas Aquinas

7. Friendship: What is it?  Friendship is the intentional act of sharing yourself with others and allowing others to share themselves with you.  Enjoyable  Fun  Rewarding  It’s essential to being human “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” – C.S. Lewis

8. The Requirements  Being Intentional  Being Genuine  Being Open  The Golden Rule

9. Isolation  Isolation is the opposite of friendship  It’s as though you are your own “man on an island”  To be avoided

10. Aspects of Friendship  Truthfulness  Trustfulness  Tactfulness

11. The Rule of Law  Success depends on applying all three of these together simultaneously

12. Networking  Gaining contacts with people in a particular industry or field.  Acquaintance-based  Collaboration

13. Relational Networking: What is it?  Networking is leveraging genuine friendships to learn about new employment opportunities  Credibility  Examples  My job, writing

14. The Law of Returns  What do you get out of it?  Relationships & Opportunities

15. Warning  Without friendship, you’ll be personally unhappy, unfulfilled, and under-utilized  Opportunities missed “The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.” - Francis Bacon

16. Remember People don’t care how much you know, unless they know how much you care.

17. A Friend’s Value  The value of a friend isn’t what a friend can do for you. The value of a friend is the friend alone. “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” – C.S. Lewis  Relationships build:  Credibility  Trust  Satisfaction