What are Some Factors That Prevent Building and Maintaining Positive Relationships?

 Most of them are self-explanatory or elaborated on later in this chapter.

1.  Selfishness 
2. Lack of courtesy
3.  Inconsiderate behavior
4.  Not meeting commitments
5.  Rude behavior 
6. Lack of integrity and honesty
7.  Self-centeredness (person all wrapped up in himself makes a pretty small package)
8. Arrogance ( An arrogant person is content with his opinion and knowledge. That will guarantee him perpetual ignorance)
9.  Conceit(Since nature abhors a vacuum, she fills empty heads with conceit)

John bragged, "My son gets his intelligence from me." His wife replied, "I am sure he does, because I have still got mine."

• Negative attitude
•  Closed mind
•  Lack of listening
•  Suspicious nature
•  Lack of respect for values (low morals) 
• Lack of discipline
•  Lack of compassion (cruelty is a sign of weakness)
•  Impatience 
• Anger ( Temper gets a person in trouble and ego keeps him there)
•  Manipulative behavior
•  Escapist behavior
•  Touchy nature
•  Inconsistency
•  Unwillingness to accept the truth 
• Past bad experience
•  An uncaring attitude( being ignored is not a good feeling. It shows a lack of concern)
•  Greed--is like sea water: The more you drink, the thirstier you get.

 This probably is not an all-inclusive list. Most of us may have some of the characteristics mentioned above. Some may have more of one than the other. The objective is to evaluate and adjust course in those areas.