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Build Relationships or “Buy” Them At Your Peril

“Relationships aren’t transactional. They’re intentional. But you already know that”.

Tchassa Kamga
6 min readMar 13, 2024

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Relationships fall out of the sky for kids: their parents must care for them, and other kids need peers to play or pass the time with.

At least, that was how it was until when they only needed an unregulated iPad.

You’d meet a fellow 5-year-old, and as soon as you both liked DBZ, that’s all you needed.

Best Friend acquired!

There comes a point — somewhere around adolescence — when you have a better idea of who you are or want to be.

Even if this idea is not conscious, you naturally gravitate toward the things that tug at your passions or fire you up.

These could be dangerous things or not-so-dangerous things. The point is, it’s no longer luck but “attraction.”

Do they wear cool clothes? Do I like how they speak? Do we have a good time?

“Good” at that time is loosely held.

And whether you’re making life-changing decisions, such as whether to be a lawyer or a doctor at 15–18 like some of us do in many African countries, doesn’t matter. It’s less about stumbling on a relationship like a…

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Tchassa Kamga

I write about faith, family, and finance. Sharing my perspective and learnings along the way. bit.ly/adoseofperspective