{"id":1370,"date":"2011-12-02T10:33:12","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T00:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mindtomind.com\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2015-02-13T06:10:18","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T12:10:18","slug":"develop-great-relationship-lover-family-friend-passion-charles-kovess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindtomind.com\/test\/develop-great-relationship-lover-family-friend-passion-charles-kovess\/","title":{"rendered":"Develop Great Relationships With Lovers, Family and Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Your passion helps you have great relationships with  lovers, family and friends<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>It seems to me that there are few things more important than  <strong>relationships<\/strong> with <strong>lovers<\/strong>, <strong>family<\/strong> and <strong>friends<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Living your life<\/strong> with <strong>passion<\/strong> has a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">huge impact<\/span> on your  relationships.<\/p>\n<p>Here are <em><strong>7 key strategies<\/strong><\/em> to provoke your thinking on how and  why this linkage between passion and relationships is so strong.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>1. The willingness to be true to  yourself.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Stop trying to appeal to everybody: you won\u2019t! Yet, to whom  will you appeal? This is almost impossible to answer, particularly since every  person experiences life uniquely, through the filters of their <strong>subconscious  minds<\/strong>. And it is our subconscious minds that enable us, indeed drive us, to  create our <strong>beliefs<\/strong> and <strong>behaviors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the most effective strategy is to be true to your  own beliefs and values, and to be true to how you wish to live your life; those  with whom you come into contact can then make their own choices on whether they  are attracted to you or not. You become \u2018authentic\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>2. Doing the work to discover and pursue your passion. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I have been researching and speaking on the topic of passion  for over 18 years, and have pursued my passions for over 50 years. What is  \u2018passion\u2019? It is a source of <strong>unlimited energy<\/strong> from your <strong>soul<\/strong>, or <strong>spirit<\/strong>, or <strong> heart<\/strong> that enables you to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">produce extraordinary results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When you are <strong>passionate<\/strong>, you immediately raise your personal  energy and become far more attractive to other human beings. As the law of  gravity states: the inter-attractiveness of a body to another is determined by  its mass, and your passion increases your <strong>metaphysical <\/strong>mass. You will stand out  from the crowd, and others will notice you more readily.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>3. The willingness to simplify your  life.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is too much \u2018stuff&#8217;\u2019 in our lives that does not fulfill  us, nurture us, or give us lasting joy.<\/p>\n<p>When you discover your passion, you are more able to decide  what is important to you. You can discard unnecessary complexities that you are  hoarding, or pursuing, \u2018just in case\u2019 they might make you happy. Simplifying  your life creates time for you to devote to your relationships that have been  created because you are being true to you.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>4. The willingness to be vulnerable.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I learned a long time ago that when vulnerability meets  vulnerability, it creates intimacy. Intimacy is the hallmark of great  relationships.<\/p>\n<p>When you are vulnerable, open, honest, courageous, and true  to yourself, other people are more likely to feel your essence and respond  similarly Then intimacy can be created, and you need to spend less time proving  your commitment to the relationships: others become less demanding because the  feeling of intimacy is a  powerful glue that holds the relationships.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>5. Allow others to be true to  themselves.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Release your need for others to behave in ways that suit you.  If you are going to be true to yourself, then allow others to do the same. That  way, you can more quickly decide whether you are truly attracted to another  person, or whether it\u2019s their \u2018act\u2019 that has drawn you in. Real and valuable  relationships can form more quickly.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>6. Adopt the concept of \u2018Parallel  Thinking\u2019.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Edward de Bono<\/strong>\u2019s book \u2018<em><strong>Parallel Thinking<\/strong><\/em>\u2019 beautifully  explores our 3000-year tradition of Western philosophical thought that proposes  there is \u2018truth\u2019 to be discovered in any issue. <strong>De Bono <\/strong>however says there are  often times when competing ideas or thoughts can run \u2018in parallel\u2019 because there  is no truth: for example, in designing a new car or a new building.<\/p>\n<p>By allowing parallel thoughts to run in your relationships,  you become much more flexible, leading to less conflict about what is right,  wrong, true or untrue, and you become much more lovable and fun to be with.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>7. The willingness to learn the principles of time  management. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I have worked with many time poor executives over the past 18  years, in both corporate groups and as their executive coach. I am appalled by  the quality of <strong>time management<\/strong> skills of most of them!<\/p>\n<p>Develop your ability to protect your time and invest it in  matters that are of importance to you, particularly the building of great  relationships. There are many sources available to learn these skills. If you  invest your time in developing these skills, you will enjoy a remarkable  reduction in stress and a remarkable increase in your experience of the many  joys of life.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Charles B Kovess LL.B. (Hons), LL.M., MAICD,  MAITD<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><em><strong>Australasia\u2019s Passion  Provocateur\u00a9<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Certified Speaking  Professional<\/strong> &#8211; Kovess.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your passion helps you have great relationships with lovers, family and friends It seems to me that there are few things more important than relationships with lovers, family and friends. Living your life with passion has a huge impact on your relationships. 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