Building Relationships, Commitment and Love - Continuing With T
We continue our series on how to build interpersonal relationships, whether with family, coworkers, friends, or that special someone. Commitment and love are important to all of us; they are worth fighting for; they are worth working for. You also should know that in spite of many promises there is no secret for success, no checklist of things to do, and just as importantly no checklist of things not to do. But we do have suggestions, now continuing with the letter T. We actually have a double series of articles for the letter T. The focus here is on trade, train, and try.
T is for trade. If you want to succeed in your interpersonal relationships both on and off the job, you have to know how to trade. Some will call it horse-trading; others will not. Anyone who calls it cow-trading has missed the cliché. The point is when you trade you get some but not all of what you want, and you may have to give up something that is dear to you. Be clear on your priorities so that what you give up is worth less (and even worthless if you're a real horse-trader) than what you get. Remember not to offer up your family or your nation lest people dub you a traitor.
T is for train. Don't miss spring training during any season of the year. It's important to keep in shape, and not only physically. Train yourself on the new technologies as well as on older technologies that you need but haven't mastered. They say that keeping your brain active provides a measure of defense against Alzheimer disease. So even if you won't make the Olympics diving team training can help you from going off the deep end. And you know what? Learning new skills can be quite pleasurable. A potential fringe benefit involves meeting new people with whom you have something in common, right off the bat. Don't miss the train, get training.
T is for try. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Some of us remember the 1978 Kenny Rogers song entitled The Gambler that reminded us "You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em..." In other words, you got to know when to quit trying. Rogers must have been on to something because this song made #1 on the Billboard country music charts. It was one of five in a row for him; talk about trying and succeeding. Interestingly enough when we say that Tim is a trying individual we don't usually mean that he keeps on trying (presumably a good quality), but that he tries our patience (definitely a bad quality.) Should Tim keep on trying anyway? Yes, but he should try not to try us. I'm not sure that you get my drift, but it's worth a try. And if you don't understand, don't be a try baby.
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