Interpersonal Skill & Relationship
Attended a talk about interpersonal skill/ relationship by Touch Life organisation.
www.touchlife.org
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The bible is all about relationship in all aspects. Relationship with God, with yourself and with others.
Why is it important?
* To be successful, you need to have good interpersonal skill and build good relationship with others. ~Frank Roosevelt
* A manager or a leader, has not value-adding if he/she can't mobilise people, even though he/she is smart/ highly intellectual. There's a saying that if you are zero EQ, the game is over.
Have you noticed why some people are very much welcome, or accepted by others, whereas some are not? Most likely, the former is someone who give affirmation, love, respect and acceptance to others.
God is always proactive in relationship. You can see that in the bible, when Adam & Eve sinned, and Cain murdered his brother, God was the one made the initiative to lookout for them. In Mark 12:30, "Love your God with all your heart, soul & mind. Love others as yourself." Lets decipher the sequence: 1st Love God, 2nd Love yourself, 3rd Love others. So, love yourself comes before loving others. Love yourself is to affirm, respect and accept yourself. Because, God has done so to us.
Your relationship with yourself is important as it affects your relationship with others:
* Someone who wants to cover their weakness likes to correct others
* Those who like to judge other are often lack of self affirmation
So, love your God with all your heart, soul & mind. Love others as yourself. So, strive to build good relationship and work on the interpersonal skill. It will carry you far...you will be amazed at the outpour of willingness & helps in all your circumstances. When you shout at the valley, the valley resonates your voice, and nothing else. So it is when it comes to relationship.
Posted in: About Life on Sunday, July 6, 2008 at at 8:19 AM