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Time for a new series. I think I am finding a niche here. 🙂
I am a big fan of great PowerPoint presentations because of how much I loathe the truly bad ones, particularly the ones that some unnamed departments in my company give. Caffeine, anyone?
So, without further ado, here is one that I have deemed to be excellent. Look for these often.
What did you think of that one? What was awesome and what left you wanting something a little better? I’ll start things rolling in the comments.
Something happens in relationships when you get close to people, doesn’t it? You have more power to hurt the people closest to you and more ability to be hurt by the people closest to you. What happens when you do that?
A stone wall would be a good metaphor for the response that usually follows an emotional disappointment or sting. Once that wall goes up, someone or both of you are apt to stop communicating your feelings. According to statistics, usually one person has no problem whatsoever with talking about feelings (good and bad) while the other retreats at the thought of talking about anything more personal than the weather that affected them that day. Why should knowing how someone feels make any difference to how couples get along on a day to day basis?
Today is a two’fer Monday!
My good friend and brother in heart, Phil Gerbyshak over at Make it Great! He’s quite the Relationship Geek that he claims to be; he really lives up to it with 500+ relationships on his LinkedIn profile. He’s a prolific writer and author of 10 Ways to Make It Great! and currently working on a second book. Without further ado from me, read up and read on!
Previously on Back to the Basics:
Back to the Basics #1: The Golden Rule
Back to the Basics #2: Be Grateful for What You Have
Back to the Basics #3: One Step Back to a Better World
Too often in today’s digital age, we go all high tech on our conversations. We’ve got Twitter, and Facebook, and MySpace, and on and on and on. But let’s get back to our basics. How do we have a simple conversation with someone we haven’t seen in a while anymore?
OK, so you’re busy. Me too. So how do you reconnect with an old friend, in 30 minutes or less, over a cup of coffee? [Read more…]
I have asked several of my new bloggy friends and mentors to offer their own view out the window of getting back to the basics over the next couple of weeks. Here is the first guest installment for my Back to Basics series. Every now and then, we all need to go back to the basics.
To catch up of the first two issues of this series, visit:
Back to the Basics #1: The Golden Rule
Back to the Basics #2: Be Grateful for What You Have
Guest post by Terry Starbucker from Ramblings From a Glass Half Full. To quote his profile, he is a “Service Company Executive and a Founder of SOBCon, enjoying his business trips to the Rockies and keepin’ it positive.” I know him better than that… as a patient, helpful, joy-filled husband and traveler. If you are ever stuck in an airport, look for Terry and sit down and spend some time with him. It will be one of the best times of your life. Time to get on with the show!
How can we go backwards to go forward?
