Time to Move On – The Reason Relationships End

About this episode

Steve Blank discusses the importance of reevaluating various types of relationships as a natural part of personal growth and aging.

A while ago I wrote about what happens in a startup when a new event creates a wake-up call that makes founding engineers reevaluate their jobs. (It’s worth a read here.) Recently my wife and I had something happen that made us reevaluate a 25-year-old relationship. These two bookends made me realize something larger: reevaluating all types of relationships – romantic, friendship, founders, business partnerships/ventures, and even countries – is a healthy and normal part of growing, getting older and, at times, wiser.

People in this episode

Host: Steve Blank

Topics covered

• relationships
• reevaluation
• personal growth
• business partnerships
• friendship
• romantic relationships

Keywords

• relationships
• reevaluation
• personal growth
• business partnerships
• friendship
• romantic relationships

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