Re:Ten Things I've Learned While Dating an Entrepreneur
by 7Figures2Commas on Friday January 23, 2015 @05:26PM
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10 Things I've Learned While Dating Somebody Without Balance in Their Life would be a more appropriate title for this post.
> Everyone says that they want to date someone driven" John said to me last night "but most people can't actually date someone with drive and ambition because they feel threatened by it."
This is a convenient way to justify one's inability to maintain healthy relationships and explain away past failed relationships, but most of the time it simply isn't true. It is entirely possible to be ambitious and driven while having interests outside of "work" and creating clear boundaries between one's professional pursuits and personal relationships. People who leave workaholics do so not because they are threatened by the workaholic's motivation to work but because they are incapable of contributing to a relationship.
> Everyone says that they want to date someone driven" John said to me last night "but most people can't actually date someone with drive and ambition because they feel threatened by it."
This is a convenient way to justify one's inability to maintain healthy relationships and explain away past failed relationships, but most of the time it simply isn't true. It is entirely possible to be ambitious and driven while having interests outside of "work" and creating clear boundaries between one's professional pursuits and personal relationships. People who leave workaholics do so not because they are threatened by the workaholic's motivation to work but because they are incapable of contributing to a relationship.