If there is one thing which has the most influence on your lifestyle, it is unquestionably, your relationships. A single criticism from your job, a quarrel with your partner, or a friend who does not answer calls may ruin your day, or perhaps even days and weeks. Making love to the perfect person, travelling with closest friends, or producing something spectacular with a group of people, on the contrary, makes life precious.
Easier said than done. How do you maintain good relationships with so many diverse people with different personalities and characters ? This article takes you to understand the various aspects of this very important skill and what it takes to excel at it.
This is a proven fact that You can’t make everyone happy. You can’t fulfil all the expectations. Sometimes you have to put your happiness above others.
Relationships is the ultimate game of life. Relationships need not be heaven or hell for us, with nothing in between. Healthy connections are the essentials of life. Good connections may make your life genuinely worthwhile, whilst flawed ones can cause you pain and despair. As a result, we must meticulously cultivate our connections and maintain healthy relationships in our lives.
Here are FOUR super tips that can help you master how you see and handle relationships.
Super-Tip-1 : Avoid The First Break
Relationships are like glass! Once the glass is broken, you can gather up the chunks and reassemble them but you seldom locate every piece or be able to reconstruct fully. Nobody put it better than the famous Rahim from the court of Emperor Akbar.
“Once The Thread Of Relationship Is Broken, You May Tie It Back Again But The Knot Will Always Remain.”
Every relationship has troubles and obstacles since no relationship is flawless. You must have not have unreasonable expectations if you choose to have meaningful connections in your life.
Super-Tip-2: Effective Communication
The real bridge between you and your relationship is communication. Whether we talk personally or professionally, excellent communication can make it bloom. The outside world can never get a peek inside your inner thoughts. Your family, partner, co-worker or friend will never understand what you want to convey until and unless you communicate.
No communication means no relationships.
Super-Tip-3: Manage The Expression Of Feelings.
Everyone on the Earth must deal with destructive emotions. Your objective is neither to repress nor to eradicate them. Your ultimate objective is to train yourself to regulate your feelings and prevent them from causing harm to yourself and others. Here are some ways to do it.
Super-Tip-4 : Don’t Take Things Personally
Sometimes, there may be a situation where you get offended. But, to manage the relationship you have to go within yourself and see what has happened. The reason may well turn out to be that you had unrealistic personal expectations from the other person. You felt disappointed when that was not met. Also, the offensive incident may not have been targeted at you but may be an emotional outburst because of some other reason. You may have missed that signal. In short, in situations like these do not become a “victim” and feel that you are the target. Do not take things that personally. Look beyond.
The Takeaway
When your relationships improve, there are many areas where you will grow and smile. Learning is a never-ending process and so is taking care of a relationship. I would encourage you to follow these super tips. I am sure your relationships will become blissful and add to your quality of life. Give it a go.