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Relationships are coevolutionary loops
Similarly, I think people need to ask themselves – and it might be easier if we ask each other – What do you really want to be doing? How did you fall in love in the first place? People start optimizing for things like “hm, if I did this I would get 5% more traffic” or “I would get to the next follower milestone” I think because it’s visible, and i... See more
Anna Dorothea Ker • "People First" - Making Tech Work for You
The roots of great love stories are planted slowly over the years, with each turn you take together, each lesson learned. The love you desire is one you create with someone who is as equally willing to expand with you as you are with them. We do not lose love when we lack passion, we lose it when we lack any further potential for growth.
Brianna Wiest • When You're Ready, This Is How You Heal
To find a good relationship, you do not start by saying, “I want a relationship that looks like this”—that would be starting in the wrong end, by defining form. Instead you say, “I’m just going to pay attention to what happens when I hang out with various people and iterate toward something that feels alive”—you start from the context.
Henrik Karlsson • Everything That Turned Out Well in My Life Followed the Same Design Process
There’s an unspoken assumption about marriage, one I hear from people on the verge of getting married (amazingly, I’ve yet to be barred from the weddings of friends, colleagues, and family—yet), and then hear about, later, on the other end, when people are in my conference room, giving the play-by-play of what went wrong. The assumption? “My partne
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