YOGYAKARTA A friendly attitude in personality psychology is translated as kindness. It turns out that, if you have a friendly attitude, according to studies and experts, it can potentially build positive relationships. According to Michael Wilmot of the University of Arkansas and Deniz Ones of the University of Minneapolis Twin Cities, hospitality is a personality trait related to positive relationships with others.

Have you ever offered help to colleagues because they look bothered and overwhelmed in completing their duties? Although not everyone receives your help, but with a smile you offer help. This means that not every friendly attitude makes life always smooth, but with a friendly attitude, you can feel eight benefits below.

This mention may sound complicated, but can be recognized when a person has the desire to grow up as a person who has the motivation to care about others. Simply put, being friendly makes you connected to the world around you.

It's about acceptance of life as it is and the ability to adapt well. Even adapting to bad things can also be accepted openly because you are satisfied with your life.

Humans as social creatures, will be quiet if they live alone. So being friendly is one of the investment motives in building relationships.

If you work as a team, being friendly contributes greatly in coordinating work patterns. With coordinated work patterns, the team will be lighter in completing work.

Like two cross-sections in one coin, being friendly in a positive way will make you soft to others. But on the other hand, if it is not controlled, it can be less focused on completing tasks.

Friendly people tend to avoid breaking the rules and behaving according to social expectations. If you include having friendly privacy, you may be able to identify this aspect.

Someone who throws away, tends not to be integrated into society. They avoid binding social relations. Friendly people also tend to last longer on their job than constantly going out and looking for new jobs.

In collaboration with other people, a person needs a fourfold capacity to coordinate with common goals. By being friendly, someone can play a role in the surrounding community group.

Of the eight benefits of being friendly above, which one characterizes yourself? According to Susan Krauss Whitbourne's advice, Ph.D., reported by Psychology Today, Thursday, November 10, the quality of the value of hospitality can increase the factor of goodness and provide concrete ideas in softening the rough side of your own personality.


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