Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Three no cost things you can give to improve your relationships

Improving your relationship with your partner,
your family, your friends, your coworkers
and people you interact with on a daily basis
gets rid of mental and emotional clutter.
Three things you can start giving today:
1.  Give someone the benefit of the doubt.
      Assume that everyone is just trying to 
        do the best they can.
      No one and nothing is against you.
2.  Give someone your full attention.
      Listen without considering your next comment.
      Turn off your phone during the meal.
      Don't offer advice, a solution or 
         one up with a story of your own.
3.  Give up the need to be right.
      Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy?
      A day, a week, a year from now; 
how important will  it be to have been 'right'?       

And if those three aren't enough,
Give someone a compliment.
Give someone else the close parking spot.
Give a little more than someone is expecting.
Give someone five minutes of your assistance to make their job easier.
Give thanks.  (You really do have a pretty amazing life)

Consider what you would most like to receive from others:  Try giving that.........


Interested in learning more about the power of giving?
Check out, Adam Grant, a professor at Wharton business college and his book, 
Give and Take

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