Page 34 - January 2020

LOVE LETTERS

Take a Minute to Improve Your Relationships

Dottie Love, DTM

What do I do—What do I do—She’s doing it ALL “Want”
Wrong! Secret 3:
That was my chant. My plea . . . I had a challenging Gently . . . I repeat “gently” reprimand when

team member whom I needed to course-correct they are not.
and wasn’t sure how best to start the conversation. And this is what I needed to do to help my
Then I remembered the wildly famous book, The teammate. I also realized the book title did
One Minute Manager, written by Blanchard and not give the book enough justice. These secrets

Johnson. The personal improvement book are rules of the road for getting the best out of
is about a man searching to find an effective ANYONE!
manager. You can easily replace the word MANAGER
Throughout his journey, in the book, he with

learns many lessons in which the authors of The one minute mentor
the book called “secrets” of getting the best out The one minute friend
of people. Spoiler alert—I’m going to give away The one minute significant other
those secrets! The one minute parent

The one minute ___“fill in the blank”.
Secret 1: Any symbiotic relationship worth improving
Always set goals with people so that you both and enhancing would benefit from the concepts.
are aligned on what is “wanted” Regardless of the relationship you want to
Secret 2: continually enhance, the approach to the

Praise them when they are moving toward that conversation is the same for both—Praise and
Reprimand. And, I think, that is the biggest secret

We can improve our relationships with others by

leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead

of critics.— Joyce Meyer

34 ONE COMMUNITY