Good morning and welcome to the Increase Your Impact podcast. I'm Justin Sua, episode 1,994. Today we're talking about a strategy on how to build strong relationships. There are a lot of different ways to do it. And what's been really interesting lately is I've been getting a lot of emails, a lot of text messages

where we're talking about culture, talking about connection.

And this is with coaches, with athletes, with executives.

And I just think it plays such a huge role in success, in families, on teams, in businesses. And a strategy, not necessarily the strategy,

but a strategy that you can use to build a strong relationship is to go first. Be the first

to apologize. Be the first to reach out. Be the first to take the high road. Be the first to serve. Be the first to show you

care. Be the first to forgive. Be the first to say hello. All of these things are little things,

but they add up. A lot of times we get caught up and we think, oh, I'm going to, I'm going to say hi when they say hi. I'm going to

reach out when they reach out. I'm only going to do X when they do X. Or we go home from work

or go home from an event. We're like, why didn't nobody talk to me? Why didn't nobody reach out

to me and make me feel special? Well, the question could be, why didn't you do that?

Why didn't you go first? Go positive and go first. Try it out today. Try it out today and see what it

feels like. See how it makes you feel, how it affects the other person, and have the mentality

that you're going to do it

without any kind of reciprocation. Assume that they're not going to reciprocate so that you're not

doing it so that they reciprocate so that they match your energy. Just do it, just to do it. Be first,

take the high road, go positive, and hopefully you'll be able to notice the

difference in you and others. So my question to you today is, how many times, or that's not a good

question. My question you today, what do you think are the benefits of going first?

What are the benefits of potentially going first?

And think about people in your life, who you know, and in some cases maybe you love

where you need to go first.

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