Summary:Relationships are at the core of every interaction. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, anemployee, or a parent, learning how to build strong relationships that last and evolve over timeis key. This week on the Simple Talk, host Wayne McCullough speaks with guest DavidScoggins, a business and life coach and fellow podcaster who shares ideas for creating a morefulfilling work-life balance and achieving stability on the job and at home.It takes work to build a solid foundation and maintain it over time, Scoggins says. Each of thefive Fs -- faith, family, friends, fitness, and finances -- require dedication and perseverance, sopeople should be prepared to spend time and energy on these key components. But that hardwork will be rewarded with a strong support network and base for other aspects of life, as well. Itcomes down to taking ownership of your decisions and actions and holding yourselfaccountable for how you walk through life and how you relate to those walking alongside you.This Week’s Takeaways:-Give people space to change over time-Ask others how you can help them-Don’t shy away from hard work-Take ownership of your decisions and actions-Focus on building good relationshipsQuotes:“I think part of my ultimate mission here is to bring a faith perspective into the personaldevelopment and bring the personal development perspective into the church, and I don’t thinkthat’s an easy thing.” -David Scoggins“That’s really been a joy, being able to see … how people who’ve really, really been hurt byeach other and been hurt by the way they approach their relationships, how they can heal andhow they can grow together and how they can flourish and persist.” -David Scoggins“If we were in a sports team or if we were playing a musical instrument, even if you were playingas an amateur, you were not getting paid for it, you would practice and you would practice on aregular basis. But then you show up for marriage and you’ve not practiced anything, You showup for a relationship and you’ve not practiced anything other than whatever you practiced inprevious relationships. We don’t get even one class on how to do relationships right.” -DavidScoggins“Whatever is in your life that you don’t like, whether it’s your marriage or your financial situationor your body or it’s how you feel, an emotion you have or a thought you have, it didn’t comefrom nowhere.” -David Scoggins“The more we can understand where things come from, the more power we have to work withthem.” -David ScogginsContact:You can get in touch with David Scoggins via email at [email protected]. You can alsofind him on LinkedIn by searching for his name. Also, check out the TMP Coaching Podcast withDavid Scoggins wherever you get your podcasts.Mentions:Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David D. BurnsThe work of Tony Robbins (www.tonyrobbins.com)The work of Dallas Willard (www.dwillard.org)Living the Sermon on the Mount: A Practical Hope for Grace and Deliverance by Glen StassenAugustine’s The City of GodThe Ready, Set, Love online relationship program (readysetlove.com)

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