Win-Win At Home

[lillibet53]

A Win-win At Home
 
"How can I apply this win-win concept with my spouse and kids?" The skills we use at work that are almost second nature really can be taken home and put to good use. That doesn't mean it will be easy to make your marriage stronger using these skills; it only means that you already have them and don't need to learn anything new.

Just as it would be disastrous for my business if I insisted on being right all of the time, our families suffer when we are inflexible and act as if we're the final word on everything. Win-win at work means growing your business by helping your customers succeed. It means resolving conflicts so that both you and your customer gain more than you lose. It doesn't mean letting your customer win at your expense; it means having a mutually positive experience.

At home, win-win means enabling your spouse and children to be as successful as you are, being willing to sacrifice some of what's important to you in favor of what's important to them. And as you negotiate the daily conflicts that are normal in every family, it means trying to find solutions that address your family's needs rather than fighting only for what is important to you.

-Louis Upkins, Jr., Treat Me Like A Customer

[Blainepyle88]

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[pat11461]

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