One series accentuates the positive; the other focuses on the pitfalls to avoid. Each series is alphabetical, for example the first "positive" article talks about attitude, affection, and acknowledgment. The first "negative" article talks about absence, afraid, and anger. We have covered the whole alphabet with a few exceptions. The sooner you read these articles the faster you can be building your personal relationships and perhaps spark up your love life.
How to build relationships, commitment and love. The focus is on faith, faith, and fidelity.
Reiss ~Click to read Building Relationships, Commitment, And Love - F Is For..."...Do you want to quit your job because your colleague or even your boss doesn’t share some or any of your beliefs? There is a possibility that the tall guy in the office two doors down is a member of a sleeper cell but there’s a far greater possibility that you’ll be hit by car on the way to work. ..."
How to build relationships, commitment and love. The focus is on fatigue, fault, and forget.
Reiss ~Click to read Pitfalls In Building Relationships, Commitment, And Love - F Is For..."...Like so many other aspects of life, being fatigued is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Once you say that you are tired, you become tired. So what can you do if you are really zonked? ... "
How to build relationships, commitment and love. The focus is on gallant, genuine, and grateful.
Reiss ~Click to read Building Relationships, Commitment, And Love - G Is For..."...The world doesn’t owe you a living. As much as I want it, the world doesn’t owe me a living. It’s a good idea ..."
How to build relationships, commitment and love. The focus is on gloat, gossip, and grim.
Reiss ~Click to read Pitfalls In Building Relationships, Commitment, And Love - G Is For..."...Years ago I took a cross-country skiing class for beginners and we faced a rather steep icy hill. I took off my skis and walked gingerly down the hill accompanied by the jibes of this guy who I didn’t even have the pleasure of knowing. He was proud that didn’t have to take off his skis. Can you guess what happened? Did I gloat? ... "
How to build relationships, commitment and love. The focus is on happy, harmony, and hurdle.
Reiss ~Click to read Building Relationships, Commitment, And Love - H Is For..."...If you can zoom along the track of life leaping over hurdle after hurdle, stumbling but not falling, or falling but not stopping, or even stopping but not quitting, just think how well that you can perform ..."
How to build relationships, commitment and love. The focus is on habit, harass, and herd.
Reiss ~Click to read Pitfalls In Building Relationships, Commitment, And Love - H Is For..."...Don’t join the herd. You’re not a cow, a sheep, or a lemming. You don’t have to do just like everyone else, ... "
How to build relationships, commitment and love. The focus is on idea, impartial, and indispensable.
Reiss ~Click to read Building Relationships, Commitment, And Love - I Is For..."...Of course, some of your ideas won’t fly. So don’t get all defensive when people call them into question. Don’t assume that just because people disagree with your ideas that they are attacking you..."
How to build relationships, commitment and love. The focus is on idle, ignorance, and immobile.
Reiss ~Click to read Pitfalls In Building Relationships, Commitment, And Love - I Is For..."...Isn’t it wonderful how modern technology has provided us with the opportunity to waste time more effectively, more productively, and more nerve-wrackingly? Don’t get me wrong, the good, old-fashioned ... "
How to build relationships, commitment and love. The focus is on imagine, informed, and inspire.
Reiss ~Click to read Building Relationships, Commitment, And Love - Continuing With I"...I’m a teacher and inspiring students is one of the great perks of teaching. Believe me, it doesn’t happen all that often. On the other hand, ..."
How to build relationships, commitment and love. The focus is on impolite, indifferent, and infallible.
Reiss ~Click to read Pitfalls In Building Relationships, Commitment, And Love - Continuing With I"...You can make a difference and it does make a difference. People can know that you have been there and I’m not talking about the morning you forgot the deodorant ... "
How to build relationships, commitment and love. The focus is on join, jolly, and judicious.
Reiss ~Click to read Building Relationships, Commitment, And Love - J Is For..."...Now that we live in the age of instant e-mail the need to be judicious has increased immeasurably. One untimely click on the send button can transform your temporary fuming into ..."
How to build relationships, commitment and love. The focus is on jaded, jargon, and jealous.
Reiss ~Click to read Pitfalls In Building Relationships, Commitment, And Love - J Is For..."...Green may be a good color for politics (a subject that we continue to avoid here) and mint juleps, but it’s a lousy color for your emotions. If someone else has something that you want ... "