You are who you are because of other people. No one gets through this life alone. You may think your success is all yours, but we often forget how many people helped us along the way. If you look closely, you will see that every step of your journey has been because of other people.
Take the time to remember who helped you. It will help you focus on one of the most important aspects of life.
Relationships. People.
Often in life we focus only on things. Goals, outcomes. Revenue targets. Business goals. Numbers. Things.
The online world is so goal-focused these days. Everyone’s success fills up your feed.
“How to get rich” is way easier to sell than “How to build deep, meaningful, relationships with people who energise you.”
Relationships get very little attention. But when you think about it, everything you want in life happens with people. Customers. Team members. Partners.
When you realise this, you become more connected. Lighter. Stronger. Less alone. More in control of your life. Hopeful.
If you forget this, you feel isolated. Controlled. Victimised. Like the world is against you.
Focusing on people is a self-feeding virtuous circle. The more you give, the more you get.
Now, there is another side to this.
Losing yourself in the other person. Whether at work or at home, it can happen easily that you get so focused on the other person that you remove your boundaries. This happens because of various reasons, whether you want to please them, or you believe that is how relationships should be.
The end result is the same.
You start disappearing and the other person either takes advantage of it, or tries to avoid it.
You can become co-dependent, or it can become an negative relationship.
Healthy relationships need boundaries, oxygen, healthy exchange to grow. If two people don’t grow because of the relationship, it will soon turn negative. It has to be mutually beneficial.
This takes time to learn, born from a healthy sense of self. Self-confidence and agency is crucial in a healthy relationship.
Because you need to know where you stop and the other person begins.
You are not a doormat, helper, invalid, adversary or master.
Both parties need to be on an equal level. doesn’t matter if it is within a corporate hierarchy.
Respect and trust is nothing but earned.
Doesn’t matter who you are.
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