Audit your Relationships

Audit Your Relationships

Earlier this week, I stumbled across an old note I’d written after reading the book ”What’s In It for Them” by Joe Polish.

The Note Read:

“Audit your relationships the way you audit your goals.”

Relationship Audit Context:

Joe Polish’s relationship audit centers around building a network of people and creating meaningful, authentic relationships by answering four simple questions:

Awareness: Are you being a giver or a taker?
Value Exchange: Do the people in your life energize you—or drain you?
Intentionality: Are you showing up with appreciation, presence, and generosity?
Alignment: Are your relationships helping you become the person you want to be?

Since it’s Mother’s Day weekend, this note hit me a little differently than when I wrote it. Although the audit is mostly intended for your business network, I started thinking about the audit, how I show up in my personal relationships, and how this could apply to Mom 🌸.

The Mother’s Day Twist

Whether your relationship with your mom is tight, tangled, or somewhere in between… The relationship audit is an interesting way to think about how we show up and what we can do better. While the questions below are tailored to a mom, it could easily be adapted to a Dad, a spouse, a child or even a friend.

Ask yourself:

When was the last time you told her how much she means to you?
What’s one thing she did for you growing up that you still carry with you today?
Have you forgiven her (or yourself) for the misunderstandings or distance that may have crept in?
What’s a way you could show love, not just today—but consistently, in small ways?
How can you express gratitude while she’s still here to receive it?

We are only as fulfilled as the connection with our most important relationships.

We know this instinctively. But its easy to take them for granted.

Audit accordingly. 💛

Happy Mother’s Day.

Notes that Resonated

Build a “Genius Network” of 5–10 people who challenge and elevate you
Finding your pace. If you go too fast you burn out go to slow and everything passes you by
What are you saying no to?
Too much Freedom sucks: It leads to a randomness and lack of direction
The culture of where you work slowly influences who you become.
Sometimes the smallest details create the greatest impact. The smallest movement creates the biggest waves
When you are stuck ask: What’s the next fastest or simplest task?
Be careful what you let in your head; You don’t let dirty muddy shoes in your house but you often let dirty “head trash” fill your mind
1% improvements; Don’t focus on getting it right, focus on moving it forward.
You can’t steer a ship that’s not moving

Things to read

What's in It for Them?

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Business Application:

Productivity

Habit Tracking and Journals:

New Tool

Try keeping a prayer list or faith journal. Keeps your mind from wondering and helps you remember what’s most important.

Videos to watch

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Top Quotes

Wherever you are right now, God can use you! Don’t miss out on making an impact for the Kingdom now by waiting for a season God hasn’t put you in yet.
“The most significant thing you do, might not be something you do. It may be someone that you raise.” - Andy Stanley