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Sanctions Are Like Punishing Your Spouse by Letting Them Date Other People

Sanctions Are Like Punishing Your Spouse by Letting Them Date Other People The next big theme is called, “Sanctions Are Like Punishing Your Spouse by Letting Them Date Other People.” That’s a funny sounding headline. What am I talking about? Imagine you had a spouse, and you don't think they appreciate you for some reason, so you tell them, “For the next year, I'm going to move in with my family, and you can’t write to me, talk to me, message me, or touch my hand. We’re going to have no interaction. I'm going to go away for a year so you learn to appreciate me.” What do you think will happen in that year? There’s a 95% chance that your spouse—who you applied a sanction to—is going to leave. They're going to find someone else and build a bond with them. They may even develop such a close relationship that they realize that the relationship they have with you is not unique. It's not the best relationship, and they leave you, or it damages your relationship forever. The impact of sanctions from a business perspective We don’t like to talk about politics, but we do want to talk about…

Sanctions Are Like Punishing Your Spouse by Letting Them Date Other People The next big theme is called, “Sanctions Are Like Punishing Your Spouse by Letting Them Date Other People.” That’s a funny sounding headline. What am I talking about? Imagine you had a spouse, and you don't think they appreciate you for some reason, so you tell them, “For the next year, I'm going to move in with my family, and you can’t write to me, talk to me, message me, or touch my hand. We’re going to have no interaction. I'm going to go away for a year…

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