The Emotional Bank Account
All I seem to hear these days, is people talking about money, how prices have gone up, property values, and how difficult it is for young ones to start.
And that's all true, however, I rarely hear anyone talking about Relationships and how they are investing in them.
Have you ever thought about your relationship from an investment perspective?
If you're an accountant, or you have an investment mindset, you may have. The first time I heard about the concept it was when learning from The Gottman Institute.
From The Gottmans... "Did you know that the number one thing couples fight about is nothing?
After observing thousands of couples in our Love Lab for more than four decades, we discovered that most couples were not arguing about specific topics like finances, sex, parenting, or dealing with difficult in-laws.
Instead, they were fighting about a failure to emotionally connect, and likely didn't even know it.
We realized how, instead of having productive conflict discussions about tangible issues, couples were really arguing about how one partner may not pay much attention to the other's needs, or may not express much interest in things that their partner cares about.
While the science behind what drives couples to lose their emotional connection can be quite complex, we use a simple concept that can help couples reconnect: The Emotional Bank Account."
