Six Rules for Successful Relationships

by Brian Tracy

The first rule is that similarities attract. You will always be the happiest and the most compatible with another person whose interests, tastes, and values are similar to yours. The Law of Attraction states that you will be attracted to a person whose attitudes and beliefs are in harmony with your own.

The second rule for success in relationships is that opposites attract, but only in temperament. Nature always demands balance and harmony. And balance is most necessary in the temperaments of two people who have come together as one.

The third rule for successful relationships is total commitment on the part of both people.Total commitment requires a heartfelt determination to make the relationship successful. A total commitment requires that you burn your physical and emotional bridges and refuses to consider any other option except making this relationship successful.

The fourth rule for successful relationships is liking. It is more important and more satisfying to genuinely like your partner than to be in love. In a long-term relationship, people may fall in and out of love. The kind and intensity of emotion that each feels for the other will vary with the passing of time. But if the two people like and respect each other, the relationship can endure indefinitely.

The fifth rule for successful relationships is that similar self-concepts attract and are most compatible. You will always be attracted to, and be most compatible with, a person who is just about as happy and as positive as you are.

The sixth rule for successful relationships is that there must be good communications. The primary reason for the success of marriages is that the two partners communicate well with each other. They are on the same wavelength. Each can sense what the other is feeling and thinking. They come to the same conclusions independently. They almost seem to “share a brain”.

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