The power of influence in relationships is extraordinary, but it practically disappears when we try to exercise control and force.
You can influence anyone positively in many ways such as:
Encouraging
Sharing
Listening
Communicating in the right way
When we try to control some negatively we generate stress, frustration, and anger.
In positive influence the energy flows in a relaxed way with harmony, respecting each one for their specialty and allowing each one to be as they are.
In order to influence positively, we need the power of discrimination and judgment in relation to what to say and what to do, e.g. when you believe that the other person is the problem; generally, the problem is not what others say or do, but rather how you perceive them.
The way that you judge is what creates your negative feelings about them. We have the choice to perceive others as a threat, as a problem, or as an opportunity; an opportunity for learning, for change, for dialogue, and for understanding.
We can choose to have compassion rather than feeling that the other is a problem which indicates a lack of compassion.
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