Hello everyone, I hope you have an excellent weekend and keep on taking care of yourself, it is necessary.

The question that I use as the title of this publication, arises from what has happened to me personally this year and that has radically changed my way of thinking, I have seen the need to think about new projects in the medium and long term but always keeping in mind that everything is subject to change, without a doubt, or do you still think that we can have control of everything? .

I'm a Venezuelan immigrant in particular, a doctor by profession, who left his professional papers in the hands of a manager so that he could take the necessary steps to allow me to practice my profession abroad, I was swindled and they didn't do what I needed, well, I lost a few important months, but then I got someone else who could really channel that process, and when everything was quite advanced the pandemic arrived, and it has kept everything at a standstill in that respect, so how to control that? it's simply impossible. And obviously, all these situations have led me to consider big changes and readjust the projects I had, but now based on this current reality that has nothing to do with what it was when I left my country of origin?

But, inside everything, I am grateful to life that has allowed me to measure myself in other areas that were unknown to me, and I have been able to take advantage of it in different ways, not only to have my sustenance but to be able to visualize other business options, and of course, I have established very good contacts because because of my current work I must relate to many people during the week, each one with their particularities and potentialities, this is when this *networking becomes much more important.

I currently work for a hardware products distribution company, so my day to day is related to establishing relationships with business owners and making them customers of the company I work for, so they can buy our products and also do it for a long time, in my job the ability to relate and sell is vital, that simple.

But, this post is about the importance of the relationships you establish with other people and how you can create some business from it, well. Many of these clients I work with are also owners of micro businesses, or simply have contacts with other large distributors, this has allowed me to obtain benefits that go hand in hand with my main work. For example:

• I visit almost 200 businesses weekly, and because I have been relating with them for a long time, there is a degree of trust. It allows me to offer them other products, which are not sold by the company I work for, and without a doubt I have taken advantage of this. Recently I established contact with a client that manufactures rollers, that are used to paint walls, doors, etc. He left me a good price for them, so I could if I wanted, and earn something extra while I do my work, that's what I did.

I made the first attempt of test, I offered it to a great business, and it went very well, a sale of 124 units, buy them in a place and take them away, it left me a profit of almost 9 dollars in a matter of 50 minutes I know that it is not a fortune, but I must limit that here (Colombia) people work 12 hours to earn that amount of money... So yes, it was a great deal. At least for starters, a good test, I think I could in this season of the end of the year, in which many paint their houses, take a great advantage of all this.

As well as this business, which I plan to continue, obviously, I have had the possibility to offer masks that a client produces, something that is easy to transport, in addition to some other items, assuming that they leave me a good price for resale.

But beyond this, my vision regarding business has opened up, and even awakened, something that I have visualized with my wife is the possibility of opening a pharmacy, it is something that we would both be familiar with, since we are both doctors, and I have a client that can facilitate the process because her sister is a lawyer in addition to having a relative with a pharmacy, which could make it easier to have access to providers.

Well, in view of the many complications that I have had in order to be able to practice my career in this new country, the best thing is to see the possibility of continuing to grow, the options are there, you just have to be willing, be careful to detect the possibilities and also not stop believing in yourself, that is important.

For now I say goodbye, hoping that your life is full of opportunities, and beyond that I wish, that you have the possibility to recognize and take advantage of them.