Friday, July 20, 2012

What Is Important



What Is Important

The basics in human relationships can be summed up with the following thoughts from John C. Maxwell’s book Relationship 101.

The least important word:                   I
The most important word:                   We
The two most important words:           Thank You
The three most important words:        All is forgiven.
The four most important words:         What is your opinion?
The five most important words:          You did a good job.
The six most important words:            I want to understand you better.

Stephen Covey, author of Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, wrote this in Habit #5:  Seek first to understand, then to be understood. 

Ah, that is a critical one.  Perhaps it means this:
-We listen more than we speak
-We respect one another
-We see conversations as a two-way street.


I want to understand you better – a marvelous axiom for all of us – in all of life, and in all that is important.


P Michael Biggs
Offering Relationship Insight
One Word at a Time

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