Comments on: How Strong is Your Foundation for Success?

By: Susan Mazza

Susan Mazza — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:18:42 +0000

I totally understand your reaction. I appreciate you sharing it here. Your comment as well as Bret’s comment have me thinking about what I can add or say differently to clarify the message I am intending to send.

The purpose for building a strong foundation of relationships ultimately is about what difference we can make in the world. Your metaphor of driving in a fast car actually says much better what I am attempting to communicate in terms of what it is like to have that strong foundation. Thank you!

By: Susan Mazza

Susan Mazza — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:05:48 +0000

Thanks for your comments Monica. The the practices of Otheresteem are so essential to building strong relationships. I love the point you make on focusing on what we can be together. And I think the best of relationships manifest a contribution that goes exponentially beyond what we could ever manifest alone.

By: Monica Diaz

Monica Diaz — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:46:39 +0000

…also, I have this reaction about your point that relationships can be there for you in thinking big. I surround myself by people that inspire me. Some of them believe in me even more than I do. When thinking big and having it come true scare me, I bask in their light! It is like I am driving in a fast car. As I race on, I begin to feel that fear of speed in my stomach (Should I slow down? Will this work out?), then the person beside me goes “Whoooa! This is fun!” I smile and drive on into the future

By: Monica Diaz

Monica Diaz — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:43:10 +0000

As always, food for thought in your post, Susan. The foundation of relationships is central to success! “Designing” what we want in our relationships allows us to nurture the ones we find close to our hearts and release worry on the ones that fall into the background. More than focusing on what I bring to the relationship or what you will do for me, it is about what I want us to be together. And don’t get me started on how to build otheresteem..LOL

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By: Susan Mazza

Susan Mazza — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:54:41 +0000

Thank Dorothy. Choice is so key here and without awareness there is no choice.

Thanks for sharing @AmySBryant’s tweet of wisdom with us. Love it!

By: Susan Mazza

Susan Mazza — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:46:36 +0000

So true Jane. Thanks for stopping by and adding your words of wisdom!

By: Dorothy Dalton

Dorothy Dalton — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:46:58 +0000

Susan – Excellent thoughts, succinctly presented. The relationships we will have with our future will of course depend on the ones we have with our past, ourselves, our present , the people around us. All of this certainly involves choice . It’s making those choices and creating that design that can be challlenging! @AmySBryant sent out a great tweet this week “Sureness is an illusion!” I guess it just means that we just all have to keep reflecting, all the time!

Great piece!

By: Jane Perdue

Jane Perdue — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:36:15 +0000

Susan — A great message for everyone! The first required element of emotional intelligence is knowing one’s self…the foundation, as you call it, to building relationships with others. There’s a lot to be said for that old maxim “that you have to love yourself before you can love others.”

By: Susan Mazza

Susan Mazza — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:07:14 +0000

Well said Robyn! Our Cultivating Your Inner Circle for Success Workshop is designed to support people in bringing a new level of consciousness and choice to the relationships in their Inner Circle.

The article you link to here is great: A Task of Leadership: Aligning Strengths. Thanks for sharing it with us!