Free Relationship Test
Part of Wake Up Eager Quiz:
How to Build Your Support Network

How Are You Doing?

How did you do on the free relationship test, Managing My Spirit, portion of the Wake Up Eager quiz?

This page is dedicated to resources to help you say that this is very true for you:

Support (a sense of community with others) is an important part of life.

When you're really busy, you don't notice its' lack until you want to celebrate (or commiserate) something important.

That's the time you wish you had stronger or better relationships.

Cultivating true friends takes time - that's why it's in the free relationship test part of the wake up eager quiz - it won't happen on its own. Here are some resources to help:

Building Your Support Network:
How to Make Friends-Free Relationship Test Advice

• Volunteer for a project or work on the Board of an industry association. Also, go to small group ministry meetings at church.
  (We had something we called Conscious Living Circles at my church - it was a great way to get to know people and make friends.)



• Seek opportunities for formal communication among colleagues at staff meetings, brainstorming sessions, follow-up meetings, etc.
• Focus on noticing the people who make you smile, laugh and generally lift your spirits. Find ways to spend more time with those people.
• Attend events, lectures, forums or gatherings that interest you. Keep your eyes open for other attendees you can reach out to.
• Spend time really getting to know your parents, grandparents, siblings or extended family better. They say 'you can't pick your family,' but you do share a bond that should not be taken for granted and that can be strengthened. Think of a favorite relative you've always liked, but don't know every well and spend more time with that person.
• Create annual traditions with people you know, around shared interests. If you love NASCAR (like I do) plan to go to the local track every year. Or celebrate each others birthdays at a favorite spot or pay golf every other Sunday.
• Don't be shy about asking people for advice. People love to give advice and asking for their input will help you and at the same demonstrate that you respect and are interested in that person.
• Seek opportunities for informal communication with colleagues - monthly luncheons off-site, brown-bag lunches in the break room, loosely structured "meetings" with others where they can choose the topics for discussion, etc.
• When meeting people ask more questions and listen more. Practice being an aggressive listener.

Some of these are basic, I know.

I also know that a lot of us score low on this portion of the free relationship test portion of the free wake up eager quiz.

Lack of Support leaves a void.

The main message is: if you scored low in this area on the free relationship test: take time to cultivate Support and Friendship.

Next time you're having fun with your friends, you'll be soooo glad you made the effort!

If you scored lower on the free relationship test and you're not convinced that friendship & support is important to finding motivation and inspiration as a leader and professional, this book will provide the solid evidence.

It also include access to a Vital Friends assessment, a longer, free relationship test. It will help you develop strategies for helping you develop the power of friendship.

“Are you upset little friend? Have you been lying awake worrying?
Well, don't worry...I'm here.
The flood waters will recede,
the famine will end, the sun will shine tomorrow,
and I will always be here to take care of you.
---Charlie Brown to Snoopy

There is something you must always remember:

You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem,
and smarter than you think. but the most
important thing is, even if we're apart...
I'll always be with you.”
---Christopher Robin to Winnie Pooh

Check out this interview with someone I've leaned on as a colleague and coach for over five years, President of Performance Support Systems and Small Business Expert Meredith Bell.

In this interview Meredith shares why Support is crucial to success. She shares her strategies for waking up wager and passing the free relationship test items.

Meredith is a great person to know and has been someone who's helped me answer this question on the free relationship test: Ihave a close group of professional contacts with whom I can discuss challenges and celebrations, as very true. I hope you enjoy and benefit from this interview.

“Life is partly what we make it,
and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.”
---Tennessee Williams

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