Quotes About Relationships

Northern European societies are among the few where people sleep alone or with a partner in a private room, and that may have significant implications for mental health in general and for PTSD in particular. Virtually all mammals seem to benefit from companionship; even lab rats recover more quickly from trauma if they are caged with other rats rather than alone. In humans, lack of social support has been found to be twice as reliable at predicting PTSD as the severity of the trauma itself.

three pillars of self-determination—autonomy, competence, and community

An important part of freedom is not having to make sacrifices for people who don't have to make sacrifices for you.

We are not good to each other. Our tribalism is to an extremely narrow group of people: our children, our spouse, maybe our parents. Our society is alienating, technical, cold, and mystifying. Our fundamental desire, as human beings, is to be close to others, and our society does not allow for that." One

three basic things in order to be content: they need to feel competent at what they do; they need to feel authentic in their lives; and they need to feel connected to others.

must say, if ever I do come across a man who seems to feel for me at all, I immediately assume he's actually quite shallow-hearted, so I have no need to expose myself to potential embarrassment.

you get on well and with whom you can discuss all the things that take your fancy or that you find unpleasant. There may well be some among your own attendants who don't disappoint in conversation, but the problem is that they're people you see every day. Men must feel the same way, since they make a point of inviting others along when they go off on expeditions.

It was in her nature to love and to nurture; she would not leave those feelings within herself to fester and sour, but instead she chose someone who would receive her gifts gladly. She did not hold herself to be so special that only one special person could she find satisfactory.

Captain Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last.

Cómo puede uno comer cuando el corazón está ocupado?

We didn't raise our daughter, we merely loved her.

she and Wotan are also both sister and brother, and wife and husband.

Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.

Passion isn't project-specific. It's people-specific.

Frequency led to awareness, awareness to familiarity, and familiarity to trust. And trust, almost without exception, leads to profit.

You're not running around grabbing every conceivable lock to try out your key. Instead, you're finding people (the lock), and since you are curious about their dreams and desires, you will create a key just for them, one they'll happily trade attention for.

We sell feelings, status, and connection, not tasks or stuff.

Permission Marketing is just like dating. It turns strangers into friends and friends into lifetime customers. Many of the rules of dating apply, and so do many of the benefits.

Everyone is lonely. Connect.

British anthropologist Robin Dunbar theorized that a typical person can't easily have more than 150 people in his tribe. After 150 friends and fellow citizens, we can't keep track. It's too complicated.

Organizations that can bring humanity and flexibility to their interactions with other human beings will thrive. Why

On the other hand, when was the last time you heard about someone who stuck with a dead-end job or a dead-end relationship or a dead-end sales prospect until suddenly, one day, the person at the other end said, "Wow, I really admire your persistence; let's change our relationship for the better"? It doesn't happen.

marketers have turned advertising into an interactive process. Using relationships and frequency and permission

Waiting isn't easy, which is precisely why it is so effective when engaging with other people.