Introduction
During tough times in my life, one of the many meaningful lessons I learned, was the importance of maintaining happy relationships with the people I love, respect and care about. Sometimes in our busy, hectic and demanding lives, we tend to forget this.
“Intimate, loving, and enduring relationships with our family and close friends will be among the sources of the deepest joy in our lives.
According to me, 85% of an individual's happiness comes from happy involvement with other people. Happiness does not happen to us, it happens by us. Cultivating feelings of Happiness results in a self-generating cycle of biological as much as psychological well being. When you share moments with special people, ’happy hormones’ flood your system, keeping you healthy. Happiness is something that is generated from within.
“In order to really find happiness, you need to continue looking for opportunities that you believe are meaningful, in which you will be able to learn new things, to succeed, and be given more and more responsibility to shoulder.”
“The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. —Steve Jobs”
So what are the personal communication skills we need to understand and frequently practise, in order to develop a healthy personality and maintain many happy relationships? Here are my top ten:
1. Accept Responsibility :
“The price of greatness is the responsibility”… Winston Churchill
“Responsibility gravitates to the person who can shoulder them.”… Elbert Hubbard
2. Show consideration :
Show consideration, courtesy, politeness and caring.
3. Choose your words carefully:
The principle is your speaking must be better than silence and therefore, rather be silent. Words spoken out of bitterness can cause irreparable damage. The way the parents speak to their children in many instances shapes their children’s destiny.
4. When you make a mistake, accept it and make it easy to amend:
Mistakes are to be learned from. So accept them immediately and make changes or amend the same.
5. Turn your promises into commitment:
Commitment leads to enduring relationships through thick and thin. It shows in a person's personality and relationship.