With the end of year 2007, I ve promised myself to be more open and communicative with friends, family, colleagues and employers. Over the years I had grown into this bad habit where I thought that if I kept my feelings to myself and swallowed any feelings of hurt that, I had felt it would be ok and not happen again. Well I realized through bitter situations where I could have rectified problems just by being open and talking it over with people. Of course this might not always work too, because no one likes to get their ego hurt as well. So the manner in which i put across my thoughts and ideas also matter.