Being loyal to your friends, allows them to be sure they will have a friend to count on.

However, don't take advantage of loyalty and make a transactional friendship. That's just being a jerk and bully.

Stop asking your friends to lend money or help do favours.

And start asking, how are they, how well they are coping in their lives, and get to know more about them! You will never know when they will need a helpful listening friend by their side in times of their plight. Sometimes, knowing they have a loyal friend, can avert emotional problems.

Stop making transactional relationships and forge True Everlasting Relationships.

But there's a big difference between pushing yourself as hard as you can, and just being reckless.