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      • 1.01 Self-Identity
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      • 1.06 Personal Relationships
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    • Psychology Overview
      • 2.01 Internal Model
        • GX-Refusing to Fail
      • 2.02 Memory
        • GX – Elaboration Learning Technique
      • 2.03 Beliefs and Values
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        • GX-Conquering Cognitive Consistency
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      • 3.01 Maslow’s Hierarchy
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      • 3.03 Deficiency Needs 1-4
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        • GX-Overcoming Grumbling
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      • 4.01 Relationships Overview
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      • 4.03 Conflict
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      • 4.05 Consequences of SI
      • 4.06 Losing Self-Importance
        • GX – Losing Self-Importance
        • GX-Gaining Self-Worth
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        • GX-Conquering Cognitive Consistency
      • 4.08 Psychological Distance
        • GX-Living in Truth
      • 4.09 Being Love
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        • GX – Coping with Modern Stress
      • 4.11 Subconscious Tension
        • GX-Releasing Unconscious Tension
      • 4.12 Boredom
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        • GX-Relationship Assessment
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        • CV – Living in the Future
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        • GX-Refusing to Fail
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        • GX-Overcoming Grumbling
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        • GX – Coping with Modern Stress
      • 6.04 Relationship eXperiments
        • GX – Losing Self-Importance
        • GX-Gaining Self-Worth
        • GX-Living in Truth
        • GX-Relationship Assessment
      • 6.05 Counter Thinking eXperiments
        • Personal History
          • GX-Erasing Personal History
        • Diminishing Returns
          • GX-Being Inaccessible
        • Acting with Believing
          • GX-Acting Without Believing
        • Self-Pity
          • GX-Eliminating Self-Pity
        • Petty Tyrants
          • GX-Overcoming Petty Tyrants


Threats to Relationships Free Trial

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There are four major factors that threaten your relationships by increasing their costs. The first is unresolved conflict. Because there are natural genetic and cultural differences among people, all long-term relationships involve some conflict. However, self-importance causes you to put your needs and ideas ahead of others, while cognitive consistency reinforces your existing beliefs and discredits alternative perspectives. As a result, normal disagreements can become impossible to reconcile.


The second negative influence is stress. This results from our tendency to focus on problems, which causes many people to develop a grumbling orientation. In addition, most adults have some neurotic needs and many have automated anti-social techniques for coping with repressed fear, guilt, and frustration. Together, these tendencies add significant stress to your relationships, causing some to fail in the long run.


The third negative influence is psychological distance. This results from not being self-expressive. Instead, you sometimes use impression management to project a certain image or to conform to other peoples’ expectations. This is necessary when they do not have tolerance for your intrinsic self. When impression management is combined with intolerance it creates psychological distance between the two parties and often begins the process of growing apart.


The fourth negative influence is boredom. This is due to your tendencies to automate behaviors with people you encounter frequently – like key accounts. This makes your relationships prone to diminishing returns and, when coupled with low creativity, often makes them routine and stagnant.


While these factors increase relationship costs, the benefits are often declining as well. This may be due to negative influences like diminishing returns or natural events like changes in life as you mature. In any event, as soon as your costs outweigh your benefits, the relationship begins to generate dissatisfaction. And, if this dissatisfaction gets too high, the relationship will be at risk.


Are your key relationships under threat? To find out, answer the questions below.

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Topic menu
    • Self Discovery Overview
      • 1.01 Self-Identity
      • 1.02 Self-Expression
      • 1.03 Self-Esteem
      • 1.04 Self-Importance & Self-Worth
      • 1.05 Personal Bias
      • 1.06 Personal Relationships
      • 1.07 Personal Creativity
      • 1.08 Personal Growth
    • Psychology Overview
      • 2.01 Internal Model
        • GX-Refusing to Fail
      • 2.02 Memory
        • GX – Elaboration Learning Technique
      • 2.03 Beliefs and Values
      • 2.04 Cognitive Consistency
        • GX-Conquering Cognitive Consistency
      • 2.05 Involvement
      • 2.06 Feelings
        • GX-Changing Attitudes
    • Motivation Overview
      • 3.01 Maslow’s Hierarchy
      • 3.02 Preconditions
        • GX-Expressing Your Intrinsic Self Mobile
      • 3.03 Deficiency Needs 1-4
      • 3.04 Deficiency Needs 5-8
      • 3.05 Neurotic Needs
        • GX-Overcoming Grumbling
      • 3.06 Subconscious Needs
        • GX – Coping with Modern Stress
        • GX-Releasing Unconscious Feelings
      • 3.07 Growth Needs
      • 3.08 Life’s Journey
    • Relationships Overview
      • 4.01 Relationships Overview
      • 4.02 Threats to Relationships
      • 4.03 Conflict
      • 4.04 Self-Importance
      • 4.05 Consequences of SI
      • 4.06 Losing Self-Importance
        • GX – Losing Self-Importance
        • GX-Gaining Self-Worth
      • 4.07 Cognitive Consistency
        • GX-Conquering Cognitive Consistency
      • 4.08 Psychological Distance
        • GX-Living in Truth
      • 4.09 Being Love
      • 4.10 Stress
        • GX – Coping with Modern Stress
      • 4.11 Subconscious Tension
        • GX-Releasing Unconscious Tension
      • 4.12 Boredom
      • 4.13 Life Cycles
        • GX-Relationship Assessment
    • Creativity Overview
      • 5.01 Understanding Creativity
      • 5.02 Creative Process Stages
      • 5.03 Creative Vortex
      • 5.04 Creative Intent
      • 5.05 Problem Deconstruction
      • 5.06 Divergent Thinking Strategies Overview
      • 5.07 Divergent Thinking Strategies 1-5
      • 5.08 Divergent Thinking Strategies 6-10
      • 5.09 Divergent Thinking Experiments
        • CV – Divergent Questioning
        • CV – Artistic Expression
        • CV – Fantastical Thinking
        • CV – Living in the Future
        • CV – Exposure to New Stimuli
        • CV – Boundary Crossing
        • CV – Metaphorical Thinking
        • CV – Idea Pyramiding
        • CV – Empathetic Listening
        • CV – Creative Writing
      • 5.10 Evaluation of Solutions
      • 5.11 Solution Trial
    • Growth Overview
      • 6.01 Growth Overview
      • 6.02 Psychology eXperiments
        • GX-Refusing to Fail
        • GX-Elaboration Learning Technique
        • GX-Conquering Cognitive Consistency
        • GX-Changing Attitudes
      • 6.03 Motivation eXperiments
        • GX-Expressing Your Intrinsic Self
        • GX-Overcoming Grumbling
        • GX-Releasing Unconscious Feelings
        • GX – Coping with Modern Stress
      • 6.04 Relationship eXperiments
        • GX – Losing Self-Importance
        • GX-Gaining Self-Worth
        • GX-Living in Truth
        • GX-Relationship Assessment
      • 6.05 Counter Thinking eXperiments
        • Personal History
          • GX-Erasing Personal History
        • Diminishing Returns
          • GX-Being Inaccessible
        • Acting with Believing
          • GX-Acting Without Believing
        • Self-Pity
          • GX-Eliminating Self-Pity
        • Petty Tyrants
          • GX-Overcoming Petty Tyrants
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