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Dependent – You’re needy. You lean on and on top of people. You try to get other people to take on your problems as their responsibility to fix. You’ve got the kiss of death with regard to personal and professional relationships. You need to stand up and grow up.

Pseudo-independent – You act un-needy, but you’re really prideful, don’t believe anyone else will do it right and don’t want to be beholding to anyone. You can’t really do life without other people. Your “empire” is no more than a Glass Menagerie, but as long as you don’t see it that way, it doesn’t seem to matter to you that everyone else does.

Independent – You are needful. You lean into people. You get input from others, but keep your problems as your responsibility. You are mature enough to realize that until you can be effectively interdependent, you can’t be independent.

From: The 6 Secrets of a Lasting Relationship: How to Fall in Love Again…and Stay There

Also: How to Raise a Self-Confident Child

AND special “preorder” offer of my next book: “Just Listen” Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone. Email me proof that you have preordered the book and I’ll send you an advance excerpt and speak with you for 15 minutes to help you get through to anyone in your life; preorder 10 books for you and your team and I’ll add a 30 minute teleconference coaching call to help you and them get through to anyone; preorder 25 books and I’ll do an hour coaching call; preorder 250 books and I’ll do a live training for your company (exclusive of expenses).  To get a taste of what “Just Listen” is about and how doing it can help you get through to anyone, sign up for the FREE RESOURCES and check out the “Just Listen: How to Get Through to Anyone” brief video and use it with your team to see how it can help all of you be more effective.

(c) 2009 Mark Goulston

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