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Dating is a give and take. If you only see it as “Taking,” you are not getting it.

Henry Cloud

People tend to look at dating sort of like a safari – like they’re trying to land the trophy.
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Award Date People Perspective Relationship
Because dating is a human exercise, it can be a tightrope fraught with danger. You will be dating imperfect people, and some of them are more imperfect than others. In addition, you are not perfect either, so that complicates the picture.
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Spouses in healthy relationships cherish each other’s space and are champions of each other’s causes.
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Champion Each Other Health Partner Relationship
Independence is not an option for us. Remember, God existed without us.
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Diligence is not easy, but we can’t reach our goals without it.
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Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person.
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Issues Person Problem Relationship Soft
When leaders lead in ways that people’s brains can follow, good results follow as well.
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Brain Follow Leadership People Result Well
Dating is primarily a numbers game. People usually go through a lot of people to find good relationships. That’s just the way it is.
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Date People Relationship Way
To get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships.
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Destroy Greatness Performance Relationship Return
We all make mistakes, but the people who thrive from their mistakes are the successful ones.
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Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.
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When you encourage someone, it literally changes their brain chemistry to be able to perform, sends fuel to the brain.
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Brain Change Encourage Performance Yourself
Successful people stick to what they are good at and find ways to make that larger.
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Anand Thakur
Confronting an irresponsible person is not painful to him; only consequences are.
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A culture is like an immune system. It operates through the laws of systems, just like a body. If a body has an infection, the immune system deals with it. Similarly, a group enforces its norms, either actively or passively.
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Active Culture Group Immunity Infection System
Leave your pride, ego, and narcissism somewhere else. Reactions from those parts of you will reinforce your children’s most primitive fears.
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Children Fear Leave Pride Reaction Yourself

Dating is a give and take. If you only see it as “Taking,” you are not getting it.

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