Life Lessons from Motorcycles: Seventy-Five Tips for Enjoying Robust Relationships

By Liz Jansen

One need look no further than the relationship between motorcycle and rider to glimpse what is as close to a perfect relationship as there is. It has to be. Aside from the initial passion that draws them together, learning to work together is a matter of survival.

A relationship that thrives is dependent on understanding the other’s needs, effective communication, and sharing a common goal. Healthy relationships create joy, harmony, and a sense of well-being. Partners travel, have fun together, and belong to a community of like-minded others.

Together, solid relationships are more productive than the sum of the individuals and can accomplish greater feats. They evolve and strengthen over time as partners get to know each other and add life experiences.

Humans thrive on healthy relationships. We need to connect with others for survival, happiness, commerce, and abundance. Many wonderful experiences occur because of the people we share them with.

Lessons that motorcycles teach us enhance relationships of all sorts, whether the connection is personal or professional, with an individual or within a group. And remember—just because a relationship doesn’t last forever doesn’t mean it wasn’t meant to be.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Liz Jansen
• Release date: Jan 29, 2014
• ISBN: 9780987758361

Liz Jansen

Niagara native Liz Jansen was born into a German Mennonite culture, the granddaughter of Russian refugees. Since she began riding a motorcycle at age sixteen, she’s logged hundreds of thousands of miles of mostly solo riding across Canada and the United States. While Liz enjoys the rugged beauty of Ontario’s northern wilderness, she has a particular fondness for the open expanses of the Canadian prairies and Midwestern plains. Liz is a member of the Writers’ Union of Canada, the Non-Fiction Authors Association, the Alliance of Independent Authors, and the Independent Book Publishers Association. Crash Landing is her third book. She lives in Ontario with her cat, Measha, and Trudy, her Triumph Tiger motorcycle.

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LIFE LESSONS FROM MOTORCYCLES | SEVENTY-FIVE TIPS FOR ENJOYING ROBUST RELATIONSHIPS

Liz Jansen

LIFE LESSONS FROM MOTORCYCLES | SEVENTY-FIVE TIPS FOR ENJOYING ROBUST RELATIONSHIPS

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Introduction

Five Overarching Fundamentals for Robust Relationships

Ten Ways to Show Yourself Some Love

Ten Characteristics of Interdependent Relationships

Ten Tips for Finding Your Tribe

Ten Ingredients for Successful Team Building

Ten Experts That Keep You on the Road

Ten Easy Ways to Advocate

Ten Ways to Co-Create Harmony in Relationships

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Stay Connected

Introduction

One need look no further than the relationship between motorcycle and rider to glimpse what is as close to a perfect relationship as there is. It has to be. Aside from the initial passion that draws them together, learning to work together is a matter of survival.

A relationship that thrives is dependent on understanding the other’s needs, effective communication, and sharing a common goal. Healthy relationships create joy, harmony, and a sense of well-being. Partners travel, have fun together, and belong to a community of like-minded others.

First and foremost however, we need to connect with our own spirit, that invisible part of us that makes us who we are, connects us to each other and to Spirit. Throughout these pages, Spirit refers to