“Trust is not granted due to your position.  It is earned due to your behavior.” – Tim Kight If behavior earns trust, it starts by creating relationships. I have a grandson just under two years old. As he is growing, he goes through periods his mother calls “stranger danger.”  In other words, he appropriately keeps […]

“You don’t get the relationships you want.  You get the relationships you build.” How would you characterize your “relationships?” We can divide relationships into important/not important. We can also divide relationships into satisfying/unsatisfying. Not important/unsatisfying doesn’t matter. Important/satisfying relationships give life meaning and leverage.  Worth the effort to maintain. Important/unsatisfying relationships can be the source […]

Henry Cloud uses a powerful image of a boat’s wake to describe a way to evaluate how we conduct life. On one side, the wake represents “relationships.”  On the other side, the wake represents “results.” A quote attributed to many is: “We are the sum total of our relationships.”   Many of the defining events in our life […]

In his book, The Second Mountain, author David Brooks says “the key to strong communities is every member maximizing positive relationships and connections.” Of course, it is the key! I think why he says it deserves consideration is for encouraging community members to increase their number of personal contacts. If you’re like me, you’re passive […]