Sentences with phrase «losing if the relationship»

Figuring out what else you have to lose if the relationship falls apart is also a crucial part of this process.

Investment represents how many resources — such as time, energy, and money — a person has put into a relationship, that they risk losing if the relationship ends.

Investments represent the things you'd lose if your relationship were to end — they are the stabilizing factors that keep things afloat during the tough patches that couples go through.

Not exact matches

If you are contemplating a win - lose relationship, hoping to put your competitor at a disadvantage, don't do it.

If your business has a better «onboarding» process than your competitors, I guarantee you will have far greater word of mouth (and word of mouse) and just as importantly, you will build much stronger relationships with these new customers that will reduce the chances of losing them way too soon in the business relationship.

He actively seeks out win - lose situations where he tries to gain the upper hand in a relationship or contract through cutthroat negotiation — a dynamic he promises to bring to Washington and the international stage if he was elected president.

The investment from a Relationship Investor is likely not trivial, but you won't lose them as a friend if things go badly.

If you are lost in your current career, feeling strapped for cash or frustrated with dead - end relationships, it can be hard to pull yourself out of your current predicament to dream big.

Deutsche Bank builds long - term relationships with clients by trading with them as much as possible, even if it means losing on some trades, says Nick Pappas, co-head of credit trading for North America at Deutsche Bank in New York.

We also need to reevaluate our relationships with God and find out if we have lost sight of that balance between walking in God's grace and doing what we can to serve Him here on earth.

If we manage not to lose sight of Scripture, if we remember that our relationship to Christ must take precedent, and if we recognize messages that are extraneous or contrary to Scripture for what they are, engaging with otherwise worthwhile media that has morally questionable content can be an acceptable — indeed, inescapable — part of inhabiting culturIf we manage not to lose sight of Scripture, if we remember that our relationship to Christ must take precedent, and if we recognize messages that are extraneous or contrary to Scripture for what they are, engaging with otherwise worthwhile media that has morally questionable content can be an acceptable — indeed, inescapable — part of inhabiting culturif we remember that our relationship to Christ must take precedent, and if we recognize messages that are extraneous or contrary to Scripture for what they are, engaging with otherwise worthwhile media that has morally questionable content can be an acceptable — indeed, inescapable — part of inhabiting culturif we recognize messages that are extraneous or contrary to Scripture for what they are, engaging with otherwise worthwhile media that has morally questionable content can be an acceptable — indeed, inescapable — part of inhabiting culture.

if you recall, God said, «Let us make man in our image AND after our likeness...... yes, every man still bears the image of God and deserves respect, but every man deserves to be pitied for the likeness of God which he has lost and which can only be restored through a relationship with Jesus Christ, who is more than a book, He is the Living Word of God, and any relationship with Him demands an obedience to the Word He represents, thus, how can a man «walk humbly with God» while at the same time rejecting the His very Word?

If we begin to lose that relationship, the pursuit of theology must be abandoned.

When they landed at the United Church of Santa Fe, they often felt lost and disoriented, as if they had gone through multiple intimate relationships.

If one adopts a process concept of God and God's relationship to the world, the ambiguity of the world loses its character as a divine deception and becomes» an expression of the divine struggle for self - disclosure, a struggle powerfully symbolized in the paradox of a crucified God.

But if you decided to leave, of if you get thrown out, you have not lost the relationship, but you have lost the fellowship.

In a marriage, if one «wins» and the other «loses» both lose because the relationship is hurt.

rod — i think they are just average people who fear losing connection with what they have even if it is familiarity vs. authentic relationship.

If same - sex marriage is accepted as a constitutional right, the rights of orthodox religious groups regarding their approach to and public judgment of the moral quality of same - sex couples» relationships may lose out, and in numerous ways.

For someone to strap on a back pack full of explosives and kill hundreds if not thousands of people, the reality of that person is so far removed from «your» world - view and we as a whole, are so far apart, that unfortunately more lives will continue to be needlessly lost in relationship to the theo - political climates and it's twisted religions and ideologies.

The answer to your set of what ifs is that having lost a biblical understanding of ritual and the importance of concrete acts and relationships, we become preoccupied with ideas, which is to say, we become gnostics — which is to say, we become what the (conservative Protestant) American church largely is today.

If they were to change that stance and allow gay relationships or gay marriage, then it would lose all its credibility.

I think a counselor is good if you need someone to talk to about the deeper stuff — of course good friends should be confided in — to a point — but not so that the friendship becomes just about that — because then it feels like a counseling relationship — and the friendship may be lost as you will associate that friend with your sin which you want to get rid of, and when you are free from the sin, you may want to be free from those associated with the sin too.

I think I need a greater measure of faith to trust that I can venture intellectually into new territory and not lose my relationship with God even if my relationship (or view) of the bible shifts.

If a person can no longer sponsor a child, that child doesn't «lose» the benefits of being a sponsored child (aside from the personal greetings and relationship with their sponsor).

(4) Participants can discover and practice styles of communication that reduce polarization and increase understanding — owning and expressing one's own needs rather than trying to convert the other, listening with understanding, etc. (5) If the group learns these bridge - building skills, it can break out of the win - lose struggle and achieve a degree of difference - respecting, collaborative intergroup relationships.

If we experience ourselves as having negative self - worth, we react defensively in relationship to others and tend toward a win / lose lifestyle.

... If God is relegated to a corner, the darkest and the furthest away from life, the human being becomes lost because there is no longer any meaning in relationship with oneself, much less with others.

If the shift away from defined - benefit pension plans caused the increase in mortality, then one would expect to see the opposite relationship between education and mortality: there would presumably be an increase in mortality among the more - educated in this group of Americans than among the less - educated, given that it is the more - educated who have disproportionately lost defined - benefit retirement pensions.

If the Tigers fire Chizik, they can also expect to lose recruits because recruiting is a relationship - based process, and some recruits will feel better elsewhere.

much like when a country can't divulge highly classified information publicly for obvious economic and military reasons, a professional soccer organization must keep certain things in - house so they don't devalue a player, expose a weakness, provide info that could give an opposing club leverage in future negotiations and / or give them vital intel regarding a future match, but when dishonesty becomes the norm the relationship between cub and fan will surely deteriorate... in our particular case, our club has done an absolutely atrocious job when it comes to cultivating a healthy and honest relationship with the media or their fans, which has contributed greatly to our lack of success in the transfer market... along with poor decisions involving weekly wages, we can't ever seem to get true market value for most of our outgoing players and other teams seem to squeeze every last cent out of us when we are looking to buy; why wouldn't they, when you go to the table with such a openly desperate and dysfunctional team like ours, you have all the leverage; made even worse by the fact that who wouldn't want to see our incredibly arrogant and thrifty manager squirm during the process... the real issue at this club is respect, a word that appears to be entirely lost on those within our hierarchy... this is the starting point from which all great relationships between club and supporters form... this doesn't mean that a team can't make mistakes along the way, that's just human nature, it's about how they chose to deal with these situations that will determine if this relationship flourishes or devolves..

So... if you are a man that wants a relationship and are losing hope — examine your attitude towards others, especially women.

IMO if you are withholding sex in the relationship AND refusing to remedy a fixable situation, you lose all right to complain when your partner goes elsewhere to find it.

If you are experiencing trouble in your breastfeeding relationship, don't lose hope.

If we lost interest in sex, I think our relationship would become very flat.

Until then, if you are willing to forge ahead knowing that some people will not like or understand what you're doing, and that you may even lose important relationships, you will do better.

The new caregiver should be integrated into the family for a long period of time (first 5 years if possible) so that the child doesn't lose the sense of security s / he has from that relationship.

The parent - child relationship is like a war in which if the parent wins, both sides win; but if the parent loses, both sides lose.

We will say that if your child is healthy, but is waking in the night, demanding nursing an increasing number of times, is afraid to sleep alone, causes you to get broken sleep, or if you sense that you're losing the joy in your spousal relationship, the Parenting by Connection process of weaning your child from your bed can help both you and your child greatly.

They highlight particularly the concern that if those awarding government contracts focus on cost rather than effectiveness then smaller providers (who may lack economies of scale but might offer advantages such as innovation or better quality relationships with service users) will lose out.

Schneiderman held the State Senate seat prior to Espaillat, and the two have preserved a friendly relationship, so when Lasher announced his candidacy — and vowed to drop out if Espaillat lost his House bid and sought to return to Albany — many observers saw him as a placeholder for the incumbent.

It is enough if you think the relationship is weakening because your partner is losing interest.

If I was giving my girlfriend wild sex, and if the relationship was entertaining, I could lose myself till it ended, which it always diIf I was giving my girlfriend wild sex, and if the relationship was entertaining, I could lose myself till it ended, which it always diif the relationship was entertaining, I could lose myself till it ended, which it always did.

(VEER) If your relationship is in turmoil because one partner has lost his or her interest in sex, the explanation might be psychological or medical or something else entirely, such as a secret attraction or affair.

The reason people lose themselves in relationships is that they believe if they give themselves up and comply with what the other person wants, then they can have control over not being rejected by that person.

I'd be an everywoman if I lost 20 pounds or if I gained 50 pounds, because of my attitude and it's my relationship to the world and the fact that like I have two front teeth that are bigger than the rest of my teeth.»

I was trying so hard to make it be the «right» relationship I lost sight of some important things... including: when it works, you're not the one doing all the work, and if you keep waiting for something that you think might happen, you could be spending your time with someone who it's happening right now with — including your awesome friends, your family, or pursuing your own passions — and leave space for that «right» person to find you.

Rachel Adams: In something else I would say is, you know, if you're — if you're not in a relationship yet, and you wan na get in a relationship, a lot of times people will start a new hobby or they're like, «I'm gonna lose weight, so I'll meet the right person.»

I would like to point out a couple of targets I reached since starting Vivica's program... and of course thank her for her dedication to help us and the passion she puts in her job My blood pressure is getting back to normal and now my sleep is good again (I began not to sleep well because of high blood pressure... I think)-- I had some pain in my knees and hips (nothing serious, but it bugged me from time to time) and I realized today that they do not hurt anymore — I also find that I'm less «bloated» (or, at least, I find that some garments are less tight, although I don't know if I lost weight or not... I had such a bad relationship with the scale throughout my life that now I tend to stay away from it So Vivica, thanks so much for what you did up to now... and for all you will do in the next weeks.

One - sided relationships just don't work, so if any of these points look familiar and you're sick of making a million excuses for why things aren't perfect... yet (he's been hurt, lost his phone or his mother didn't love him), stop!