"It is the quality of our relationships that will come to define our legacies and impact on the world."

Well said:

The conversation revolved around an idea I’d coined and was struggling with, “transaction fatigue.” America’s free markets reward us with prestige, wealth and a bolstered sense of self-esteem when we directly ask other people for what we want. We are an agenda driven nation. When honest with ourselves, we travel through our days, whether officially on the pay clock or not, thinking and often saying, “I want…X” By doing so, we often get that thing, but such small victories can feel hollow.