Relationships · In a relationship

How to be a better boyfriend, every day.

The best relationships are built in small moments, not big gestures. Learn to listen, argue without escalating and build trust, in five minutes of your scroll time a day.

Coming to the App Store

The whole Relationships track

First lesson free · Free week on the annual plan · No account to start

In the Relationships track

What you'll find out.

You've watched hundreds of videos and kept almost none of it. MASTRD is only the ideas that matter, and everything you learn keeps coming back. Here are five of them; the how is in the lessons.

  1. The one way to react to their good news that brings you closer
  2. The reply that turns a simple complaint into a full argument
  3. Why putting yourself in your partner's shoes can backfire
  4. How the timing of an apology changes whether it lands
  5. The everyday phone habits that count as control, not care

Why it sticks

Five reasons it never stuck. Fixed.

  • You forgot it.

    A system designed to help you remember brings every idea back right before you'd forget it.

  • You never used it.

    Every lesson makes you use it: real situations, spotting the mistake, saying it out loud. Then you try it for real and check in on how it went.

  • You had no time.

    It takes five minutes of your scroll time, and refreshers wait on your lock screen.

  • You learned from the wrong people.

    Built on how self-made founders and executives actually work, plus research and specialists.

  • You did it alone.

    Your circle of up to 12 friends sees whether you kept your standard this week, and can nudge you when you slip.

Questions

Questions, answered.

  • Closeness comes from your partner feeling understood, accepted and cared for, right down to how you react to their good news. The lessons cover listening, arguing without escalating, trust and showing up consistently.

  • How a hard talk starts predicts how it ends: in research, the first few minutes of a couple's conflict predicted the outcome. The lessons cover replies that escalate, taking a break well and repairing afterward.

  • Honesty goes better than people fear: in experiments, honest talks with someone close felt better than predicted. The lessons cover keeping your word, kind honesty and where checking up crosses a line.

Start with relationships.

On the annual plan: a free week, then under 20 cents a day.

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