7 Disciplines That Strengthen Relationships

1. The discipline to give because you care, without keeping score or expectation of return.
2. The discipline to see, highlight, and celebrate the best in each person.
3. The discipline to hold the line on high standards and empathize at the same time.
4. The discipline to ask for what you want and accept that not everyone will be able or willing to give it to you, just as you are not able or willing to give that to everyone else.
5. The discipline to ask the other person what their intentions are rather than assume you already know based on the intentions you invented for them.
6. The discipline to let the other person be who they are and help them become great at that, not try to make them who you want them to be.
7. The discipline to give the best of you to the people who mean the most to you rather than expecting them to put up with the worst of you because they’re obligated to.

Answer the call. Do the work.