Forming trusting, caring, and compassionate relationships is fundamental to building a quality life. This comes more naturally to some rather than others. However, even if it’s not a strong suit of yours, I encourage you to prioritize it. It can be lonely and discouraging when relationships are absent from our lives. Establishing healthy relationships allows you to share both the joys of success and the agony of defeat. With the right people and open communication, relationships can make a huge difference in how you handle obstacles. When you have good rela- tionships, even the most difficult situations can be easier to handle, discuss, and resolve. Good relationships can hold you accountable, keep you humble, and lift you up when life’s pressures are weighing you down. Unfortunately, the opposite is also true. If you surround yourself with poor relationships, even the smallest challenge can pose major difficulty and be tricky to resolve. Whether you are positive or negative, confident or insecure, you are being influenced by the people you surround yourself with. Relationships are a two-way street; you have to give in order to receive. Being able to listen, empa- thize, and provide non-judgmental feedback is critical to developing and maintaining your rela- tionships. Both parties in a relationship need to trust their counterpart has their back and will be there with them even when things go sideways. I know, it’s easier said than done! Now, focusing solely on business relationships. In my opinion, the three most critical relation- ships are with employees, suppliers / subtrades, and clients.
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FALL/WINTER 2022 • SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE
SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2022
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