5 Ways To Deepen Your Relationship

There are many factors that, together, determine how deep your relationship with someone can be. I've been listing them, one at a time, for a while, so here is a consolidated list of five ways to deepen your relationship, with links to the more in-depth articles.

1. Separating The Who From The What
The first thing you need to do, if you want a deeper
relationship with someone, is separate out who they
are from what they do. Any relationship based on
what someone does is based on a falsehood, because
they may have many, many different reasons for doing
what they do.

2. Communicate More
If your relationship isn't deep enough, then you
need to increase the amount and depth of your
communication. This means opening yourself up,
allowing the person more opportunity to hurt you.
It also means starting talks even when you don't
feel like it.

3. Remember The Message Received May Differ
There are differences between the ways that people
receive and send messages, particularly between
men and women. Make sure that you keep this in
mind when you are choosing how you send the message
you want them to receive, and when you receive a
message from someone else… they may not mean it
the way you subconsciously receive it.

4. Don't Let Communication Stop
Don't let communication fade into a lower priority.
If you let the amount or depth of your communication
fall, the depth of your relationship will slowly
fade, too. It's an easy habit to form, and a hard
habit to break… so watch out for it.

5. The Power Of Human Touch
Make sure that you make physical contact with the
people that you want to keep close to you. One
touch can do the work of a hundred, or even a
thousand, words. Keep the touch appropriate to
the current depth of your relationship, the desired
depth of your relationship, and what is comfortable
to both of you.

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