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Whether you are trying to build a personal or professional relationship, the following tips will help you build interpersonal bridges.
You Will NeedListening skills
Ability to overlook faults
Mutual expectations
Common ground
Humor
Spontaneity
Step 1: Listen 傾聽
Take time to listen to the other person. Do not attempt to dominate every conversation.
Don’t insist on winning every argument or on always having the last word.
Step 2: Forgive 原諒
Be willing to overlook faults in the other person.
Remember that you, too, have faults.
Step 3: Seek out mutual benefits 追求共同利益
Don’t approach the relationship as a source of gain for only yourself; instead, seek out mutual benefits.
Step 4: Look for common ground 尋找共同興趣
Seek out common ground. This will establish mutual expectations.
Step 5: Use humor 風(fēng)趣幽默
Use humor to smooth over rough moments in the relationship.
Remember that life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it.
Step 6: Stay spontaneous 主動,積極,熱情
Keep the relationship spontaneous. Don’t let the monotony of life’s day-to-day challenges bring you down. Instead, try something new! Enjoy your relationships!
The first psychological experiment was conducted around 700 BCE in Egypt.
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dominate
vt. & vi.1控制, 支配, 統(tǒng)治,左右,影響
The stronger man dominates the weaker.
強者支配弱者。
2.在…中占首要地位
Sports, and not learning, seem to dominate in the school.
似乎是運動而不是學(xué)習(xí)在那所學(xué)校占重要地位。
3.在…中具有最重要(或明顯)的特色;在…中擁有最重要的位置,俯視,高聳于
mutual
adj.1.相互的, 彼此的
They were mutual enemies.
他們相互為敵。
We will put military muscle into the mutual defence pact.
我們將把兵力加進防御互助條約。
2.共同的, 共有的
She is our mutual friend.
她是我們共同的朋友。
I like her and I hope the feeling is mutual.
smooth
adj.1.光滑的, 平滑的, 平坦的, 平整的, 平靜的
She has a smooth skin.
她皮膚光滑。
He planed the board smooth.
他刨平了這塊木板。
2.平穩(wěn)的, 連續(xù)而流暢的, 不顛簸的, 不搖晃的
3.順利的, 沒有困難的, 沒問題的
There is a smooth style of writing in this novel.
這本小說文體流暢。