6Relationships That Rapidly Propel

In a nutshell: Supportive relationships are key to your success, and time spent in unproductive ones takes away from what’s really important. Figuring out who does what in your relationship map will help bring you clarity. It will make it easier to reduce the time spent with people who bring you down and spend more time with the people who really matter to you.

The Ties That Bind

Our relationships with others are very diverse. They run the gamut from casual to essential, from neutral to passionate, and from supportive to destructive. They also change over time. We ourselves change over time, and our needs and desires are often different at various points in our life.

We tend to weigh ourselves down with relationships ...

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