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What does it mean?
Warning that raising stakes or intensity costs friendships.
In plain terms
If I get intense you won't like me.
What can you take from it?
High stakes can cost you friends.

Where it applies

  • raising the stakes
  • testing loyalty
  • escalating conflict

Putting it to work

  • pushing boundaries
  • demanding commitment
  • testing alliances

Questions to consider

  • Do you value comfort over intensity?
  • Who stays when you escalate?

Another view

It assumes intensity always repels allies.

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