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Today I focus on something smelly, sometimes even stinky. But success in every relationship requires this. Yep, every one. Between parents and kids, colleagues, businesses and customers, friends, and well, the list is as extensive as the types of human relationships.

It’s like sulfur. Not exactly tasty or pleasant but incredibly healing and critical for life.

What is this crucial but smelly item? The work of repair.

I cover:

• Repair goes downstream before upstream
• Don’t follow repair work with a conversation about someone else’s failures
• The difference between remorse and repentance
• How trust gets built and rebuilt
• Apologies aren’t one-size-fits-all

Resources mentioned include:

Trust: Knowing When to Give It, When to Withhold It, How to Earn It, and How to Fix It When It Gets Broken by Dr. Henry Cloud

The 5 Apology Languages: The Secret to Healthy Relationships by Gary Chapman and Jennifer Thomas

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Whether you're a plumber, parent, or CEO, you're in the people business. This means you've got to know what keeps a relationship breathing.

In Part 1 of the, "You're in the People Business," series, I explain what makes every relationship breathe. Whether it's managers and direct reports, businesses and customers, parents and children, spouses, friends, or family members, this trait is mandatory for a thriving relationship.

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Happy 200th episode!

In celebration -- and consideration of the path forward -- I share the four questions only courageous people ask. Some people ask themselves one or two, but those who dig into all four are most likely to grow ordinary into extraordinary.

1. What do I want? Often easy to ask unless life has knocked you down with enough disappointments that the willingness to dream seems like a path into hopeless. But courageous people get back up and keep asking.
2. Why do I want it? Am I trying to prove someone wrong--even from my past? Am I trying to validate my worth? Courageous people keep asking, "What's the real motivation behind my desires?" Without this answer, you may achieve what you want and then find it doesn't satisfy like you thought.
3. Why don't I have it? Ouch. This is the question that's often skipped because it reveals whether a person is living from a blame, entitlement, or empowerment mindset. This question may be the one that requires the greatest courage.

What am I willing to do to get it? Desire doesn't produce any results. Only actions. How this question gets answered determines whether a person is content to live in "Desireland" or do the work to build "Achievementland."

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