Thanks to my profession I have the privilege of seeing what kind of AWESOMENESS human beings are capable of bringing into their lives.
But the two amazing people who inspire me the most are my mom and my wife. Everytime I see them together, I become present to how these two ended 16 years of ‘typical saas-bahu’ conflict and created a fairy-tale relationship between themselves! What they accomplished strengthens my conviction that RELATIONSHIP TRANSFORMATION IS REALLLLLLY POSSIBLE.
Here’s the simple formula for transforming your relationships..
1) Become aware of how your LISTENING virtually shapes the person you are listening to, in your mind. There is no reality ‘out there’. The so-called-reality gets shaped in the space between your ears. 😀
2) Give up the old way of listening. Give up “I know him/her.. he/she is like this only.”
3) Give up labelling everything as right/wrong. When we die God is not going to give us a report card showing how ‘right’ we were anyway. In short, give up your right to be right.
4) Get into the other person’s shoes. Get the other person’s world. When you do this, MAGIC HAPPENS!
5) Most importantly.. be a catalyst of relationship transformation. Be the one who takes the first step. Don’t WAIT for the other person to change first. Be a writer of your life’s script. If you WAIT, you’re not a writer, YOU’RE A WAITER!