Relationships

This week was a week of reflecting on relationships. All different kinds of relationships, with friends, with professors and everywhere in between. It came to me that there are things that are important when interacting with people and building relationships with them. It made me reflect on how I carry myself and how I can be more poised in manner and speech to show respect and professionalism. Taylor told me this week that the less you talk the more you are respected. 

And so it comes to the question, what are the guidelines for a relationship? As I listened to Kathleen's lecture to us on Thursday, I thought about what she said about always having a question at the end of an interview to show interest in the company and the person conducting the interview. She also said that it is important to do your homework and research everything about the company. So the key to relationships is to not just see what is in it for you. We should not engage in relationships to be happy and feel good about ourselves and where we are in our lives. Happiness is simply a byproduct of relationships.

So starting this week I am trying to speak less and be more interested in people and what they have to say simply for the sake of building relationships with no interior motives. 

This is a video that I came across this week that talks about relationships, more specifically about marriage relationships from John Mark Comer. Check it out.