Improving your Relationship by Fred Morris

Tips in fostering closer relationships can be found everywhere, in every magazine as well as in men and women websites. The availability of such information has only magnified the impact of the results of the statistics on current conditions of relationships in this increasingly modernized world.

With the ever increasing number of divorce and annulment cases in the countries around the globe, the discussions on how to improve one's relationship has become a necessity. Here are some of the juicy bits on how a typical couple can work out issues and problems that a normal couple encounters.

Having and Keeping Faith

Some couples put God or religion at the core of their relationship. In believing that a much greater force has brought them together to become life partners, having and keeping faith gives them a common ground that makes an excellent foundation for a relationship. This way, the couple surpasses rough patches together, having faith in God and to the love of one another. Faith, in whatever form, provides the couple a great motivation in achieving personal as well as professional goals.

Support System

In a relationship, each person must be treated as an individual with individual goals and dreams that will make the person fulfilled in other aspects of life. One of the secrets in being successful in the relationship department of life is by giving and gaining support to and from your partner.

Learning to Communicate

Often, couple's quarrels start with miscommunications. Even in other forms of relationships, a problematic means of communication will always be the core of a problem. It is true that giving and gaining support can foster better relationships. However, to actually give and be given with support, you need to effectively communicate your intentions first to your partner. When one fails to do that, he will find a hard time getting all the support he needs. Remember that as a couple, you are a team of two people that understand each other. Not only that, effective communication also prevents arguments.

Learn to Make Compromises

Treat your partner as an individual with different thoughts, needs and ideals as yours. Sometimes, these thoughts and ideals may clash. This often leads to arguments and fights. When the argument becomes heated, the couple should stop, reflect on everything that was said and done. The thoughts and decisions of one's partner must be respected, so yours will be respected to. The funny thing is that all the trouble can be avoided if the couple communicates well with one another. Fully understanding your partner enables you to become more willing to bend for the good of the other.

Set Priorities

This is particularly important among married couples. Often, we become hesitant or reluctant to cut our family ties. Inevitably, even though we are already married, our siblings, parents and friends expect the same kind of relationship that has bonded you with them. But once you have committed yourself to your partner, the relationship should be the top priority, which means he and the family that you two have created over your family is your top priority. This is supposed to make all decision making, particularly those involving money and time, a lot easier.

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The Pyramid Approach

Effective Business communication (both writing and speaking) uses the pyramid approach. It is called the pyramid approach because it resembles the Great Pyramids of Egypt. The most starting aspect of the pyramid is the point at the top. It catches a persons eye more than any aspect of the building.
The Benefits of the pyramid approach to business writing are:

• Immediately gets to the point
• Immediately seems relevant
• Immediately grabs the readers attention and encourages interest

Using this approach to business writing is like inviting your friends to hop in the car and take a trip with you. They are not likely to go with you if they do not know the destination. Readers are the same way. They want to know the destination, they will stay on the course - like staying rooted to the letter or memo you are trying to send.

Letter

Writing letters and memos are essential elements of business communication. Letter and memos can be sent manually through ordinary post. Nowadays we use the e-mail to transmit this information electronically, a channel that is faster and easier to manage than manual posting.

Key Principle for writing letters and memos

1. Keep letters and memos short, ideally a single page, or two pages at most
2. Get to the main point in the first paragraph
3. If you want to make another main point, send another memo or letter
   

Letters are generally used for external communication - you send a letter to someone. Business letter usually follow a specific format or structure. Having a consistent format means that anyone who is reading your letter will find exactly the same kind information that is expected.

Definition of Communication

The ancient meaning of communication is to share. This remains the essence of the meaning of communication until today. When people communicate, they are sharing message and information with each other. When they communicate effectively, they are sharing the same message : that is the listener understands what the speaker or writer means.

Communication is the process by which two or more people exchange information using a shared set of symbols. Basically communication involves :

1. The transfer of information from one person to another person
2. It involves at least two people, a sender and a receiver
3. The goal is to make the receiver understand the message
4. Communication is what the receiver understands not what the sender says