In my very first business class in college and my first reading assignment in that class, I came across a principle that truly caught my attention. It is something that has stayed with me for more than thirty years. I read about a study that examined 43 excellently managed companies,

Finding real love is intoxicating and can be your only care in the world. Unfortunately, that extreme high can switch to an extreme low because when love flounders it can feel as if the world is ending. The beginning of building a stronger bond is realizing most frustrations and arguments are superficial. Once the initial euphoria of falling in love ends and a committed relationship becomes stable, we are still expecting our partners to make us feel fully alive and joyful. This childlike wonder is something the subconscious mind desires but is led by primitive and reactive areas of your brain.