What I have learned about people and organizations...so far.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Great Expectations

One relationship killer is the unrealistic expectations we put on others.  Consider the kind of behavior we expect of others and then take a hard look at the way we sometimes act.  Other people are just like us.  They make mistakes and can be insensitive.  Their wrong actions hurt us and our’s hurt them.  But just like we want to be given a break by others when we blow it, we need to extend that same grace to them as well.  Most relationship fopas are not calculated but are just sloppy behavior.  Let’s agree to give people more room, be less sensitive and not expect perfection.   

(To be continued.)