Building Sustainable Relationships.
Charles Okeibunor, PCC
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Every sustainable relationship needs be a mutual circle where the individuals in it, give and take from each other.??
Relationships that ignore this fundamental principle forget that no one is unlimited in any kind of resource.
While the giver keeps giving and?thinking it's fine,?
The taker keeps taking and also assumes it's just all right.?
The giver must be definitive of what they are getting from the relationship, physically or psychologically because they lack the capability to give indefinitely.?
The taker must be deliberate about what they are giving in return to the relationship because they can ill afford to receive indefinitely.?
Incidentally, when the sole giver and sole taker come to the above realization, it is already too late to save the?relationship as it might have entered bankruptcy.?
A relationship is bankrupt where all parties in it have lost the credibility to further sustain the association.?
Morale:
Don't be a perpetual giver.?
Don't be a perpetual taker.?
Give sometimes.?
Take sometimes.?
-Charles Okeibunor
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3 年Charles Okeibunor, ACC As you mention that when people come to the realization that they are in a relationship where one is always a giver and one is always the taker, it is too late for the relationship, what can people do come to that realization, before it enters bankruptcy?
Aquaculturist | Certified Coach
3 年You are right Charles Okeibunor, ACC as humans we all are limited in what we can give to others. If we keep pouring from the cup it will become empty, if it is not filled. This giving and taking helps to pour from the cup and fill it also before it becomes empty.