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Tuesday, March 14 2017

TITLE : Relationships 101: Building Blocks Of Relationship 12

James 1:19 - Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear( listen), slow to speak

In the beginning of this series we established that all great leadership is built on great relationship. All good mentoring relationships begin with a personal relationship. Relationship 101 focus on relationships, equipping, Attitude, and leadership. (REAL). A real leader must excel in this four areas of life. In the last episodes, we covered the first section of this series, looking at the nature of relationships. The second section, which we start today, considers the building blocks of relationship.

How Can I Build Relationship??

#1 Become a Great listener.

If you want to excel as a leader then you must excel in relationship. You must excel in building relationships. To build relationships, begin by listening to people's life stories, their journey so far. Your genuine interest in them will mean a lot to them. The best leaders are listeners. The ability to skillfully listen is one key to gaining influence with others. People of influence understand the incredible value of becoming a good listener. Woodrow Wilson, the twenty-eight American president, once said, "The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people. Listening helps you to know their personal strengths and weakness. Most leaders don't know the weakness of the people they lead. You need to know in order to influence or motivate them and that is relationship!!

Let us consider these benefits to listening that we've found :

• Listening helps you know your people personal strengths and weakness
• Listening shows respect
• Listening increases knowledge
• Listening generates great ideas
• Listening builds loyalty.
• Listening shows humility
• Listening shows love or interest

Nobody will love to talk to someone when they know you are not a good listener. Let others confide in you. It may not help you, but it surely will help them. When you become a good listener, you put yourself in a position to help, and influence others. You have the ability to develop strong relationships, gather valuable information, and increase your understanding of yourself and others. What most people really want is to be listened to, respected and understood. Everybody needs somebody to talk to. Don't be too busy to listen to others. If you can learn to understand people - how they think, what they feel, what inspires them, how they're likely to act and react in a given situation - then you can influence them in a positive way.

Reflection : Focus on listening to others today

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