Jeff and I met one early Friday morning at a networking event. The first time I approached him to do business with my interior design company he declined. He didn’t know it, but I decided at that moment I didn’t like him. One day he changed his business model, called me, and we started working together. I found him easy to talk to, easy to work through complex problems, someone I could count on, and not long afterwards we became friends. I was married and underneath a perf