Adaptability
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
While there’s some debate over who actually said it (Einstein is often credited), there is a lot of truth behind this quote — especially when it comes to our relationships.
As someone who’s spent years studying relationships, I’m always amazed at how often people try the same approach in a struggling relationship, hoping things will somehow change.
I’ve heard people say, “He just doesn’t hear me,” and yet they keep communicating in the same way, expecting different results. Or, “If I just keep saying it, maybe she’ll finally listen.” Others resign themselves to, “I’m just speaking my mind,” or even, “I just don’t talk to them anymore.” None of these approaches lead to healthier relationships.
The antidote to this poor-relationship pattern is injecting it with adaptability. If we want to build and maintain strong connections with the people we care about, we have to be willing to shift our actions, our behavior and our attitudes. This requires two things:
Knowing how to shift
Being willing to shift
Take a minute to listen to our latest episode of the Relationshifts podcast, where we unpack the importance of making intentional shifts to build healthier, more meaningful relationships, and give you some actionable “how-to’s” to use in your own life.
Relationships that last are the ones where both people work to meet each other’s needs. Relationships are always changing, and that means we must be willing to adapt and change with them.
When we choose to shift in our relationships, we will make a difference.
Larry
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