Professional relationships

Relationships formed in the Professional arena can never rise beyond a certain point. Especially when the two people concerned continue to work together. The basic foundation of the relationship is completely based on a give and take, of mutual benefit and it is primarily pecuniary in nature. No relations, at least those that sustain are completely free of any strings. No relationships, simply because if there are no strings attached, if nothing about the entire relationship effects the other person in some way, it would mean complete indifference and cannot be stated as carefree. Over time there are bonds that develop or rather should develop, a sort of inter dependence, else it's not a relationship at all. But when money is the corner and the foundation stone of a relationship, then it cannot grow into a long, thriving, least to say a loving relationship. Love and respect are not to be confused. While money is a barometer to measure a lot of things and an absolute necessity to go about the daily chores of life, it is also the single most factor for a lot of unhappiness, anarchy, dissatisfaction prevalent everywhere. Money has always been an outcome for me and never the main driving force. There was a time when I used to consider that number of how much I make in a month as extremely important, but with time things have changed. And here in lies the problem with all relationships that are professional. If the genesis or in the due course of time, there aren't bigger and better things that form the basis of a relationship, then it becomes too uni-dimensional, monochromatic and skewed. It's been a harsh learning, but one that I am going to stick to, it's always important to set the basics right from the beginning itself for all relationships in relation to work. Once that has been set, all care should be taken that there is mutual benefit, satisfaction and incentives with respect to that thing. All other things are accessories, secondary and should only be given weight age after the primary is taken care of. No second thoughts about that.