The I Factor™

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Why Women Hang in There With the Wrong Guys

Posted on May 22, 2013 in Media Buzz |

Why Women Hang in There With the Wrong Guysby Paul N. Weinberg

Many women spend far too long trying to figure out if they should continue to date a man. And they hang in there long after it’s clear to them and everyone else that they’re with the wrong guy and in the wrong relationship.

Why is this?

They offer all sorts of reasons for staying with the guy they’re dating, but mostly they want to “give him a chance” and are “waiting for him to come around.”

Let’s look at some of the most common reasons and see why they’re not particularly good ones:

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Personal Connections in the Age of Social Media

Posted on May 13, 2013 in Media Buzz |

Personal Connections in the Age of Social Mediaby Paul N. Weinberg

We live in a wired world – and a weird time. Not a day goes by that we don’t read an article about how social media and interrupt overload are having a detrimental effect on our personal relationships, rewiring our brains to look like those of cocaine addicts.

It’s an age of unprecedented 24/7 connection, in which Facebook, email, text messaging and other forms of electronic communication have us instantly connected to anyone and everyone around us. And yet, many of us are also experiencing a profound and pervasive sense of isolation and disconnectedness. We skate along the surface of our relationships, having swapped quantity for quality and frequency for depth.

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How to Lose a Guy in Three Dates

Posted on May 10, 2013 in Media Buzz |

How to Lose a Guy in Three Datesby Paul N. Weinberg

Before I was married, I spent most of my time being single between relationships, and those relationships tended to be extremely short. It’s not that I liked being single, but rather that I knew what I wanted and preferred to be alone rather than in a relationship with the wrong person.

And it’s not that I was particularly good at being single. I went out on a lot of dates but couldn’t pretend to be interested after I knew it wasn’t going to work out long term. So I went out on a lot of first and second dates, but rarely was I – or the woman – interested in going out a third time. I was the two-date king.

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    Paul N. Weinberg and Dr. Susan A. Dyer are an ex-husband and wife who, over the course of nearly twenty-five years... Read more »
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