Never burn bridges

Try not to burn bridges. Burn bridges means the point of no return. When it comes to moving forward, you can’t help it, for one reason or another you will need that person in order to cross another one.  It is strange when you don’t know the least expected that you need help from a person that you don’t want to come across again but here you are you need that person.

If we burn them, we can’t cross them again. So be very careful to burn them.

Here is how you can avoid burning bridges:

1. Honesty is the best policy. As long as you are honest and sincere in your words, you can rest assured that the other person knows it too, regardless.
2. Be who you are. Be yourself, don’t be somebody else when you are dealing with others. 
3. Understand where they are coming from. Sometimes in  life, your relative truth is not theirs. So you have to see it from their own perspective.
4. Let it cool down. When you face difficulty with people, it is hard to confront when both of you are in the heat of the moment.
5. You win even  when you lose. Sometimes in difficult situations it is better to lose than to insist you are right, but you lose them completely.
6. Agree to disagree. There is nothing better to agree that you disagree.
7. Remove your ego.  Don’t use that as your defense mechanism.
8. Control your anger. Try as much as you can to limit your anger.  Know the consequences.
9. Have self respect.  Knowing that you are better than the person who is acting irrational will give you a sense of self respect.
10. Don’t talk when you don’t have a better way to say. It’s better to be silent than saying things you will regret later.

Like an immature child when names are being thrown out.  How can you not burn those bridges?  That is why it is very important to keep in mind that the words that will come out of our mouths can really hurt and burn bridges. If you ever burn bridges just be prepared to keep moving forward.

Bridges are used to connect between islands. And we have a saying “no man is an island”.  Bridges are also needed to cross between territories.  Have you burned bridges before with your acquaintances, friends or colleagues? Well let’s find out how not to burn bridges.

Like a bridge over troubled water. Oh yeah that’s a song, well this time, it is time to put your brain to challenge.  You have a dear friend, they gossip about you and you don’t like it. Would you burn that bridge and move on, or confront them and let them know what you feel?