The cause of impatience is a lack of progress. Here are three tips for improving your patience before you drive yourself and the other person crazy!
- Remind yourself that the other person is not you and most of what you think you know about that person is an assumption. Skill, knowledge, and attitude are invisible, so any conclusions you draw about those are suspect. Pay attention only to observable behavior and its consequences.
- Focus on the other person’s needs. What don’t they know or understand? Where are the obstacles? Work with him to remove the barriers.
- Break desired outcomes into intermediate outcomes – concrete next steps. Both of you will feel better when you can see real progress.
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