My friend, lets call him Tom, made a statement today, “Sometimes, I think my wife loves her dog, Snuggles, much more than she loves me.” I have been contemplating over that statement and pondered why that is. The more I thought, the more it became clear, why people love their pets, especially Dogs unconditionally because the Dog loves his owner unconditionally.
What does a Dog do, when he see’s his owner coming?
He stops whatever he is doing and looks towards his owner, even if the owner is far way. Then he leaves everything behind and runs towards the owner to greet him/her. The dog jumps on her, hugs her while wagging his tail and shows her how excited he is that she is home. He looks at her with nothing but love in his eyes, making her realize that he is just happy that she is back. He dances around in joy and follows her around the house and when she is sitting, he puts his head in her lap and lays there without asking for anything except an occasional touch of her hand.
When was the last time Tom did that for his wife; greeted her with undivided attention when she came back from work. When last time he asked his wife how was her day and brought her a cup of coffee as she returned from work or even had dinner ready for her as she arrived home.
So, what can a dog teach us about Public Relations and/or Human Relations?
- Give her your undivided attention.
- When you see her coming from a distance, get up, go there to greet her.
- SMILE big, show all your teeth.
- Ask her how was her day and just SHUTUP and listen without comments or advice.
3 comments:
Makes a lot of sense to me! ;)
PS Like the new format in here. Looks good.
The power of listening works wonders always.
Good article Vishal. Not even dogs I've heard my girlfriends talk about this quite often when their boyfriend or husband doesnt care to ask how their day went, gave a hug etc; after a while you take each other for granted I guess which may or maynot be a good thing to do. It's interesting how a lot of times we forget how little things like kiss on the cheeks, taking her out for a nice dinner, buying your girlfriend/wife a nice pair of earrings etc can mean so much to her. Love is there but we all need to show it somehow sometimes so the other person doesn't take it the other way and start doubting your love (intentionally or unintentionally); there is nothing wrong w doing lovey dovey things once in a while I truly believe they add so much to a relationship and only helps it.
I agree with Sarah I like the new look too :-)
-Ramna
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