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let's get into the episode. Now, I'm very excited about this episode because I'm going to share with you an idea, a concept that I've been playing around with personally for a long time.

For about one or two years I've been playing around this with this in private.

And it is a concept called optimal relationship distance.

And I created this because I believe that it could be another data process. And it is a concept called optimal relationship distance.

And I created this because I believe that it could be another data point of analysis for us to explore when we are looking at why certain relationships are breaking down.

Why we find ourselves in consistent conflict with certain people and we can't really put our finger on it.

So think about times where you might have a relationship with somebody where it's either

at work or in your personal life.

It just does not seem to mix, right?

There are going to be some people where things just don't gel.

The concept or the saying of oil and water comes to mind. For some reason, these two things don't mix.

Chemically, oil and water don't mix. And similarly, the chemistry between people. Sometimes these people don't mix. It might be a difference

in values. It might be a difference in ethics, priorities, incentives, whatever it happens to be.

But for whatever reason, these two people don't mix. Now, what could be leading to that?

And what I found is that with certain people, there is a certain amount of distance that you

should keep with that person.

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