Posts Tagged ‘friendship’

9 Secrets to Building Relationships Outside of the Office

Today, I’m an election judge for the Maryland primary. Sure, you can say that I’m doing it because of my personal politics, but there is an added payoff: I’m going to meet hundreds of people that I’ve never seen before.

I work from home, so it can be hard for me to find ways to interact with real, live people — but I’d argue that many those of you with… » Continue

February 13 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: connection, friendship, networking, relationship, workfromhome | 14 comments»

How to Break-Up With a Friend

Friendships make up a huge chunk of our support system. They are the glue that holds it all together. If one friendship disappears, a gaping hole is left in the support web. But sometimes in life, it is necessary to let go of people that no longer serve as a support, but instead lead to stress and to problematic situations commonly referred to as “drama”… » Continue

January 28 2008 | By AJ | Tagged: Communication, friendship, support | 15 comments»

Other people are not broken . . .

All of us depend on relationships with others—in our work, in our communities, in our families, in our social lives, and in our most personal and emotional attachments. A great deal has been written about building and maintaining relationships. Some of it is useful, some less so. Much of it is too complicated to carry around easily in your head, which limits its usefulness in practice. So here are… » Continue

June 11 2007 | By Adrian | Tagged: Communication, friendship, interaction, relationship | 10 comments»

Friendship: The Laws of Attraction

What are the important elements in your life? Family? Love, Career, Health and Friendship? Yes friendship is important for many of us. Friends share laughter, friends help us on rough time. Karen Karbo at Psychology Today has a great article on friendship:

When people are asked, “What gives meaning to your life?” friendship figures at the top of the list. Yet the dynamics of friendship have remained mysterious and unquantifiable. Like… » Continue

January 3 2007 | By Leon | Tagged: friendship, maintain | 3 comments»

How to Support Friends’ Projects

We’ve all been on one side or the other of this equation: we’ve done something new, something creative, and we’re really proud of it. We ask our friends to get involved, and tell us what they think, and the friend says, “Wow! That’s really great. I like it. I like it.”

You, as the creative type, are crushed. Nothing sounds more like “This is horrible, and I’m not really getting it… » Continue

August 14 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: Communication, creativity, criticism, friendship, helpfulness | 1 comment»

Seven simple ways to ruin your friendships

Friendship is one of the precious things in the world. Not many people would want to be lonely, so you should understand better what are the mistakes you don’t want to make if you want to maintain your friendships. At Paul’s Tips, he has consolidated number of may that may kick your friends away. Many of them are behaviors that you can alter and improve: