Building a Relational Toolbox: Relational Effects & Impacts

Two of the reasons relationships are more difficult than it would seem they should be have to do with our relational effects and impacts.  How we relate to someone has immediate effects. And how we relate to someone has relational impact over a long period of time.  When we are blind to these two “tools” we set ourselves up for conflict, misunderstanding, miscommunication and long-term relational drain.