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2.1. Attitudes

You don't just have relationships with people (although some people spend so long at their keyboards that we might wonder whether they have even those); you have relationships with everything you interact with, and that includes your computer and your programs. And if you don't think you have a relationship, or don't believe you have a relationship with them, then you have the unconscious “this-isn't-a-relationship” relationship.

This isn't just New Age hocus-pocus; this is at the core of how successful you are when you get behind a keyboard. What's your first reaction when you do that? Somewhere on a scale between “Oh boy—I can't believe I get paid for this!” and “Rats. Work again. Can't wait for the ball game on Saturday.”