Win-Win Relationships

Think Win-Win or No Deal

Whenever we negotiate, we always have the mindset that one will get a better deal than the other. This is where the context of win-lose or lose-win comes to mind as stated by Stephen Covey in his 8th Habit book. However, the ideal state should be a major win-win for both parties in...

Give Triple-A Treatment: Attention, Affirmation, Appreciation

read my personal summary notes of the book In John Maxwell's book, 25 Ways to Win with People: How to Make Others Feel Like a Million Bucks, he encourages readers to focus on the people that we meet, make them look good, rather than ourselves. This includes being able to say something positive...

Celebrating friendship and taking the high road

Continuing my sharing on the book "Winning With People" (and its workbook), one of the best chapters in the book is the discussion about the Celebration Principle. John Maxwell said that 'the true test of friendship is not only how loyal we are when friends fail, but how thrilled we are...

Becoming a Success by Helping Others

I got an interesting question lately as to how should one measure the success of their ventures, particularly of a website. It made me reflect as success parameters can be different from one person to the other. Some measure it based on their traffic rank, articles, visitors, projects, among others. I've...