Ric Elias
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
We drank two bottles of wine.
We like literally told each other we love each other.
And you're firing me the next day.
And he said, you are the most selfish friend I have.
I was like, you just talk for 90% of the time.
I just, I bought dinner.
I like, what else can I do?
Right.
And he goes, you don't ever let anybody else love you back.
And you'd suck all the love out of every interaction because that's how you feel good about yourself.
And I don't want to be friends with somebody who is not able to be a receiver.
And it was holy cow.
At the time, I'm like, wow, this guy went loony.
And then the more I thought about it, the more true it is.
I used to be in the place I always picked up every time.
That's selfish.
Letting people in, your true friends.
I now share my struggles.
The last two years, I literally, because in part, what I was doing was
Letting them love me by me loving them, right?