Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Emotional Bank Account

I came across this very interesting topic and I feel like sharing with everybody. All these might look simple to us. But often, we overlooked on the simple things and don’t realize that the root cause of the major problem mostly comes from all these 'simple thing'.

What is Emotional Bank Account? It’s a metaphor that describes the amount of trust that’s been built up in a relationship. So of course the more you deposit you put inside, the more trusted you are. (Sama lah macam bank kan, nak dividen banyak, kenalah letak banyak skeet duit :P)

But how do we make a deposit into this bank account? Read further, you are about to discover all the techniques!!

Understand the individual. Trust me, it’s not as easy as snapping your fingers. It may take sometimes to fully understand a person. (or even worse, you will just never understand them) Try!! This is the keyword. Takde benda senang dalam dunia ni kan

Attending to the little things. In a relationship, the little things are often the biggest thing. So you might need to be a bit sensitive to other people here ;)

Keeping Commitment. Keeping a commitment or promise is a major deposit and breaking it is a major withdraw. Next time, think twice before you make promises. Okie people:)

Clarifying Expectations. The cause of almost all relationship difficulties is roots in conflicting or ambiguous expectation.

Showing personal integrity. Personal Integrity generates trust and is the basis of many different kinds of deposits.

Apologizing Sincerely. How difficult it is to say I’m sorry? But just say that you are sorry if you really mean it and not going to repeat the same mistake again. That shows the sincerity

The Laws of Love and the Laws of Life. You have to love a person unconditionally. Not because of how much money he/she have but for the person he/she is.

And hey, this is not for people in a relationship je okay!! Ni untuk sume. Relationship dengan kawan, bos, colleague and your family.

Sekian, tazkirah hari ini

**credit goes to Stephen R. Covey


2 comments:

me3n said...

First Things First eh?

Little Things said...

ad3ck: 7 habits :)

dannielo: :) Thanks for the link. Will check on that.