There are 6 big paradigms that have helped guide me throughout my life. Today I wanted to talk about one of my favorites:

 

“Emotional bank accounts”.

 

Stephen Covey is a personal hero of mine, and this is one of the greatest lessons I’ve learned from his books.

 

An emotional bank account is the amount of trust and love in a relationship. If your best friend asked you for a favor, you would probably help them out because they have made many “deposits” of goodwill and service into your bank account in the past. 

 

However if your self-absorbed boss demanded a favor, you would probably resist because he or she has already “overdrawn” the goodwill from the account and is now overdrafting.

 

The question I try to ask myself daily is,​