Healthy relationships with others are indispensable in creating successful teams. As we concluded in Part I, no one can accomplish anything of significance on their own. We weren’t gifted with all the talents, strengths and capabilities. Further, it is a fact that the greatest triumphs were accomplished with a team. What can you do to improve your attitude towards relationships?
First, you must understand that it is necessary to develop the capability to better relate yourself.
Second, get to know yourself more. The image and awareness you have of yourself can take you very far in the relationships you have with others or it can restrict you from developing the capability to form healthy relationships.
This can simply happen because the image you have of yourself molds the way you think and act and therefore the way you relate to others.
As Napoleon Hill well said, “There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge”.
How can it benefit you to auto examine the image that you have of yourself?
A negative image of yourself will not allow you to reach successes in the long run and sooner than later those triumphs will reach the level of your own expectations.
At this point, you are probably thinking that many times there should be a certain amount of sincerity and responsibility among us. That is very true!
I confess I don’t have much of a future if I dedicate myself to singing professionally, although I did sing to my daughters when they were babies and if I hear a song I like and know the lyrics I will start to sing, but I have to be honest with myself and others, singing is not one of my strengths. It is not my passion, I haven’t worked on developing it, I have never tried to make singing a lifestyle and to be honest I don’t believe it is something I would want to explore.
In the same way that we relate ourselves to others, we must be honest with ourselves. If there is something that you don’t like about others, or there is something hindering you from relating to others, then maybe the obstacle has something to do with your perception and expectations, and not the others.
As Sheldon Kopp well said, “All of the truly important battles are waged within the self”.
Work on your own image and know yourself:
- Dedicate some time for reflection and make a list of your strong and weak points
- Make a list of your triumphs and think about what strengths helped you to accomplish them
- Examine your character and think about how it could be keeping you away from others
It is vital to focus our efforts on developing our character. Building our self-esteem and confidence in a personal image based on reality and honest examination on us. Then we can move forward to improve our relationship with others.
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Question: Which elements of your character allow you to have successful relationships?