Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Managing Relationships


Relationships can be the most satisfying or disturbing things in our lives. Friends can support us through thick or thin, yet some people are the cause of some of the most caustic situations we have the misfortune to experience.

What if there was a simple rule to follow to help us form strong relationships? Would that be like finding a gold mine?

Consider this: Do you treat your relationships as a privilege or a right?

If you approach relationships as a privilege you are likely to honour them more, and take time and care to get it right (or at least better).

If you consider your relationships to be your right you are likely to take
them for granted and get upset when things don't go the way you want or
expect. You are less likely to try to patch things, or be understanding.

Which do you prefer?

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