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Is Your Relating Style Successful?

When Relating to others, what is your method of interacting? Is Your Style of Relating Successful Or Problematic? In working with people for over 25 years, I’ve identified five styles of human interaction. Two of them work really well to create positive personal and professional relationships; the other two are more problematic and the last one, can go either way. If you want to be happy and successful in your relationships, you’re going to have to learn which of these styles of relating, or interaction, you’ve been using and exchange the problematic ones for the ones more likely to succeed. What do I mean by five styles of interaction? I’m describing the ways that people relate to one another based on what’s driving them internally and how much awareness they’re bringing to their relationships. The more aware you are of yourself and other people, the more empowered you’ll to be to make use of the more successful styles of interaction. Some people are lucky enough to have naturally adopted the more successful styles of interaction. For everyone else, these can be learned. More importantly, the problematic styles can be unlearned.   The 5 Styles of Relating The five styles of relating, or interaction, I’ve identified are: Empathetic, Playful, Transactional, Strategic and Reactive. Relating Style 1. Empathetic: This style of interaction comes out of the desire to connect with other people. People who use the empathetic style of interaction have an open heart and are in touch with their emotions. If this is you, you’re sensitive, and the way you deal with other people is driven by your empathy. The empathetic style works well because it enables you to get close to others. People feel that you care and they respond accordingly. In the empathetic style of interaction, everyone feels seen and heard,...

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