Skills for sustaining Good inter-personal relationships
Being Polite
Well behaved people towards one another comes in exhibiting special values such as
- Offering ones seat to elders when necessary
- Avoid insults completely
- Help elders with their heavy loads when necessary
- Remember to use “please”, “thank you” when the need be
Rendering an Apology
Rendering apology is very necessary. The word sorry calms a heart no matter how hard an issue is. As humans, we make mistakes every now and then. It is therefore very necessary to calm one another at least by not showing pride but calm the person by saying sorry.
Trustworthiness
Trustworthiness helps to sustain good inter-personal relationship. Lack of trust among people collapses relationship.
Positive Attitudes towards others
Positive attitudes are accepted behaviours. When we show accepted behaviours towards people, they will not be offended and this sustains the relationship. Examples are being tolerant, showing empathy towards others etc.
Being Respectful
Respecting people sustains relationships because everybody wants to be respected and disrespecting people is embarrassing.