The following Top Ten has relevance to human relations work. Professionals who follow the principles will enjoy increased satisfaction and value from working with others. Keep in mind that you must consider how to apply each of the following across different cultural situations. Interactions with members of collective groups, for example, will require that you consider how to best share the ideas in ways that maintain a sense of community.

1. Listen to & point out the special gift, traits, or talents of the other person.

2. Listen & respond in kind to the underlying emotions others share.

3. Always share expressions and ideas that can be passed along from person to person.

4. Accept and endorse your worst weakness so that others feel safe around you.

5. Open up people to the world of understanding how their thinking, feelings, and priorities are interconnected to humanity & the environment.

6. Show others how to better experience what they have.

7. Give people the tools they need to improve & evolve.

8. Remind people who they are instead of just complimenting them on what they have done.

9. Give people something meaningful to do with their lives.

10. Just be yourself instead of trying hard to affect others profoundly.

Based in part on: Leonard, Thomas. The Portable Coach : 28 Sure Fire Strategies For Business And Personal Success (Scribner Pub., 1998).