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The 12 Seeds are . . .

planted in CHARACTER,
 cultivated in RELATIONSHIPS,
harvested in LIFE together!

 

50 Reasons to plant the 12 Seeds . . .
      . . .
in character, in relationships, in life

Summary of reasons:

POOR RELATIONSHIPS = MANY COSTS, MUCH PAIN!

GOOD RELATIONSHIPS = MANY BENEFITS, MUCH JOY!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More reasons:

Personal & Family
Church

School
Club, Team or Association
Business

Personal & Family

  1. to grow in your relationship with the Lord

  2. to grow in your relationship with each member of your family

  3. to help each member of your family learn and refine character values and interpersonal relationship skills that will benefit them all through life

  4. to bring family members closer together

  5. to help prevent relationship strife

  6. to take steps to heal relationship problems

  7. to help each family member relate better with people outside the family

  8. to supplement a home schooling curriculum

  9. to enhance an accountability or mentor relationship

  10. to be a better father, mother, daughter, son, sister, brother, grandparent or other relative

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Church

  1. to build up the Body of Christ by loving one another in these twelve ways

  2. to help people cooperatively pursue the mission of your church

  3. to take steps to prevent disruptive relationship strife

  4. to help heal fractured relationships

  5. to attain better working relationships among staff members and leadership teams

  6. to show your community that members of your church love one another in these twelve ways

  7. to attract visitors and new members who appreciate your commitment to relationships and also the way you treat them

  8. to help new members become oriented to your values

  9. to enhance pre-marriage and marriage enrichment classes

  10. to supplement child, youth and adult education classes

  11. to supplement your counseling or support group ministry

  12. to have effective materials for community work such as neighborhood youth programs and classes for inmates and released former offenders

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School

  1. to help faculty and students get along better with one another and cooperatively pursue the mission of your school

  2. to provide students with practical character skills training that will benefit them all through life

  3. to provide faculty and students with the "plus value" of a cultural environment that honors proven relational principles and that stimulates learning

  4. to equip students with enhanced interpersonal skills that parents will notice at home, and that will have a positive influence upon other family members

  5. to take steps to prevent disruptive relationship struggles that can cause enrollment decline or faculty departures

  6. to help heal fractured relationships

  7. to attract new faculty and students who see people in your school enjoying the many rewards of learning in an environment of good relationships

  8. to supplement coaching and counseling activities

  9. to encourage and enhance accountability and mentor relationships

  10. to develop and maintain better relationships with alumni and others who are important to the future of your school.

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Club, Team or Association

  1. to help members grow and be more successful by developing better relational skills – a significant benefit you can offer, and one of the reasons to be part of your group

  2. to help members practice the 12 Seeds with each other and have better experiences together

  3. to help prevent or heal relationship strife – thus helping to prevent loss of members

  4. to attract new members who see your present members enjoying good relationships

  5. to be better equipped to provide relationship skills training in your community – such as youth programs and prison/rehabilitation work – recognizing that many people in our society never learned about all 12 qualities and seldom see them practiced

  6. to engage in an endeavor – promoting better interpersonal relationships – that could have a significant impact not only in your service area but upon society at large

  7. to engage in an environmental cleanup project of the highest order

  8. to function better as a club, team or association

  9. to better fulfill your mission

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Business

  1. to help people in your organization learn better relationship skills (some people never learned about all 12 principles; others have never seen all of them practiced)

  2. to provide ongoing reminders to practice those skills in a culture which encourages their growth

  3. to increase teamwork and productivity

  4. to decrease turnover

  5. to take a positive step to avoid the many costs of negative relationships, such as strife, stress, sick time, disloyalty and potential lawsuits

  6. to provide valuable employee benefits: a better workplace environment and better relationships – that will help you earn "Employer of Choice" status

  7. to provide training that also helps employees improve relationships at home, thus attaining a higher quality of life there also

  8. to equip salespeople and others to be better able to develop lasting relationships with customers

  9. to have a worthy topic for goodwill workshops and other gatherings that you host for customers, prospects and others

  10. to become known as a firm that provides genuine "plus value" in the way you treat people, including employees, prospects, customers, suppliers and others.

  11. to have a positive and lasting impact upon your community and upon society at large

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POOR RELATIONSHIPS = MANY COSTS, MUCH PAIN!

GOOD RELATIONSHIPS = MANY BENEFITS, MUCH JOY!

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