Quotes About Relationships

NVC has a magical way of instantly defusing potential conflicts with anyone, from a partner to a server to a friend to someone at work. One of its many great premises is that no two people's needs are ever in conflict. It's only the strategies for getting those needs met that are in conflict.

No me preocupará perder un amigo si tengo cien, pero si tengo dos amigos sí me preocuparé. No me preocupará perder mi trabajo si mi jefe número uno me despide porque tengo miles de jefes en periódicos de todas partes.

siempre que te encuentres con alguien le digas en tu cabeza "te quiero

But you are the average of the five people you associate with most,

el éxito de una persona en la vida suele poder medirse por la cantidad de conversaciones incómodas

Your time is limited, so it's best to spend it with people who will make you feel like you made the most of your gift of today.

But the truth is, you can't really earn trust over time with people without being somewhat vulnerable [first].

He said the HP mantra was "MBWA." Translation: Managing By Wandering Around. It stands for being in touch, being human—and learning from everyone.

Matt recommended I read "The Tail End" by Tim Urban

La entrada a la que más envío a la gente se titula: "First, Ten" ("Primero diez"), y habla de una teoría sencilla de marketing que dice: cuéntaselo a diez personas, enséñaselo a diez personas, compártelo con diez personas; diez personas que ya confíen en ti y que ya te valoren.

y qué coste le ha supuesto a la gente que has amado en el pasado?

There are only four stories: a love story between two people, a love story between three people, the struggle for power, and the journey. Every single book that is in the bookstore deals with these four archetypes, these four themes.

La persona que es desatenta en la luna de miel (al principio) irá a peor en el futuro.

What you choose to work on, and who you choose to work with, are far more important than how hard you work.

Who are the 20% of people who produce 80% of your enjoyment and propel you forward, and which 20% cause 80% of your depression, anger, and second-guessing? Identify: Positive friends versus time-consuming friends: Who is helping versus hurting you, and how do you increase your time with the former while decreasing or eliminating your time with the latter?

Exact numbers aren't needed to realize that we spend too much time with those who poison us with pessimism, sloth, and low expectations of themselves and the world.

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. For females: West with the Night by Beryl Markham.

I aspire to only work with people who I can work with forever, to invest my time in activities that are a joy unto themselves, and to focus on the extremely long term.

He explained that he had spent more than 30 years with people he didn't like to buy things he didn't need. Life had become a succession of trophy wives—he was on lucky number three—expensive cars, and other empty bragging rights. Mark was one of the living dead. This is exactly where we don't want to end up.

When you stop caring about being right in the eyes of everyone—versus being right in your own eyes and the eyes of those who matter to you—it's amazing how little you care to waste energy trying to convince people of your view.

What was it like, being married to six actresses?" "Like being married to one of them. They're all pretty much alike." "Why'd you keep doing it, then?" "Hope is the thing with feathers," Trent said, "that tickles your scrotum at the moments when you most need a clear head.

And you know women, they're both back there turning it into the crime of the century. Planting it in a little garden in the center of their hearts and watering it with feelings . Talking about it, sharing it. You're a cheat, you're a heartbreaker, you're like a museum exhibit, Everything That's Wrong with Guys.

If my life is a house," she said, "you haven't even gotten to the living room.

The perfect love, unity, and joy that existed between the Father, Son, and Spirit were demolished, for a time, for our sake. This is the ground on which we build all relationships. Every time you are tempted to shun another believer, remember that the Father, Son, and Spirit were torn asunder so that you might be united.