Find Something In Common With Everyone You Meet
To build trusting relationships, it helps to look for the things we have in common with others rather than the differences. There was a guy on a project, Jason. He seemed to really have a lot of ego. He was kind of loud and seemed obnoxious to Jessica. She tended to always think of him as the obnoxious guy on the project. She knew nothing about him other than the perception she had. She did not realize they had both grown up in the same city and lived in the same neighborhood. They had very similar backgrounds and they even liked to do many of the same things. The longer the two worked together, the more they both realized they had a lot in common. As they found commonalities, there was less tension in their relationship. When you meet someone new on a project you are working on, try to find out what you have in common. If you ask enough questions, you will find something in common with them. We each have something in common with everyone. When you find you have things in common with another person, you will find it is easier to like them and to enjoy their company. We can find things in common with every person we meet whether it is something work related or we learn we have both traveled recently to
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