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The fights of many couples result from men dismissing women’s emotions instead of attuning to them. You dismiss a woman’s emotions every time you try to fix them, distract her from them, minimize them, mock them, or ignore them altogether.
Understanding is an intellectual pursuit, while empathy is an emotional pursuit.
Emotions are opportunities for intimacy. This bears repeating. They are opportunities to build emotional connection, and they are opportunities to demonstrate your trustworthiness.
Women are attracted to men who are the CEO and president of. . . themselves. We’re not talking about arrogance, however. There is a big difference between confidence and arrogance. Confidence will attract a woman. Arrogance will repel her faster than you can say, “Help me shave my back.� Confidence comes from being secure in your abilities. Arrogance actually comes from being insecure in your abilities.
