On Purpose with Jay Shetty - 6 Ways to Know if You're Compatible with Someone and 4 Steps to Build Real Connection

Episode Date: September 16, 2022

Today, I’m going to share with you the difference between chemistry and compatibility, why we often mistake having strong chemistry and attraction to our partner as compatibility, and how these two are completely different but related at the same time.We get to dive into how chemistry and compatibility are both crucial elements to sustain a successful relationship, as well as how we can strengthen our bond by recognizing our differences, having respect for each other at all times, and being able to express our feelings and emotions freely and without judgment.  If you want to pre-order the book, 8 Rules of Love, go to https://8rulesoflove.com/Key Takeaways:00:00 Intro02:31 Chemistry doesn’t work without compatibility14:45 Recognize differences18:55 Awareness of their stance22:08 Respect their approach23:17 Express your feelings without feeling judged26:11 The six areas of compatibilityDo you want to meditate daily with me? Go to go.calm.com/onpurpose to get 40% off a Calm Premium Membership. Experience the Daily Jay. Only on Calm Want to be a Jay Shetty Certified Life Coach? Get the Digital Guide and Workbook from Jay Shetty https://jayshettypurpose.com/fb-getting-started-as-a-life-coach-podcast/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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given the show. And I genuinely couldn't be more thankful to each and every one of you. I would love for you to leave a review as well. And it would mean the world to me. So I'm going to dive in. And today's theme is all about six ways to know if you're compatible with someone and four steps to build real connection. Now people have talked about this for a long time, that a lot of the time we look for chemistry, but we forget to look for compatibility. And I think when we think about a healthy relationship, we think about compatibility as an idea, but often we confuse it with chemistry. I'll give an example. I was speaking to someone

recently, who's a landscape designer, and he was explaining to me that some people want to plant trees in certain countries or cities or towns where it's not favorable for those trees to grow. So while there's chemistry IE an attraction for that person to that tree or that plant or that flower, that plant or that tree or that flower would not flourish in that area. It would actually struggle, which is a compatibility issue. Now when I heard that, I just thought of relationships. I was thinking how often is it that you meet someone that you have so much chemistry with, but very little compatibility with. There's an attraction, there's a spark, there's a genuine interest,

but your habits don't align, your values don't align, you don't have that respect, you don't have the skills and the tools to deal with each other's differences. And then at the same time, you meet the opposite, there's no chemistry, but there's lots of compatibility. And that doesn't work either. I want us to recognize the importance of compatibility. I think we understand chemistry to be the spark, the attraction. But one of the things I find is that chemistry is like lighting a matchstick.

You light a matchstick, and then a matchstick and then the matchstick burns and then it runs out. But it was giving light and giving heat for as long as it lasted. But compatibility is like lighting a candle. When you light it, it burns slower. It gives off a beautiful fragrance and scent. It lasts far longer. And it's a beautiful experience.

The match has that spark, it has that instant feeling, but it doesn't last as long. Now, I want to talk about what compatibility is, but I also want to talk about what compatibility isn't, because I think we throw these words around a lot. And I think these words are rarely really broken down and Made easy to understand so compatibility Does not mean the same personality? Let me say that again compatibility

Does not mean the same personality? I think we think of people who are compatible is like, we like the same things, we like the same food, we like the same movies, we like to do the same things. I find that this is a very narrow limited view of what compatibility is. The challenge is that you could love the same movies as someone, the same food as someone, the same music as someone, but you may not have the same relationship, abilities or skills or tools to help things move along. I'll give you an example. I remember dating someone, one of my exes,

who we had this, we had a lot in common, right? We had a lot in common, we liked doing the same things with our time, we really enjoyed each other's company, right, personality wise, it was a really great fit. But what I realized is that we had massively different expectations and input in a relationship. For example, every time I asked for a favor where she may have to

go out of her way, she didn't feel like she wanted to do that ever. And every time she asked me for a favor, she expected me to be fully available. Now, even we like the same movies and we like the same music and we like the same food, that didn't change the fact that our culture and value was different. I'm not saying that she should have been bending over backwards or working things out. What I'm saying is that that is far more of an inherent factor that negatively impacts a positive relationship

and a healthy relationship as opposed to the fact that we like the same things. And so I think often people are saying something they're like, well, we're so different. Well, you've heard that before. We're so different. Like, how is this going to work? And what I've realized is that the difference isn't what leads to distance.

And I'll talk about that in a second, but I just wanted to clarify, compatibility does not mean the same personality or having the same interests. A lot of people want their partner to have the exact interest they do. They're like, well, I'm an entrepreneur, they should love business too. Right. I'm in the philosophy. They should love deep intellectual conversations too. I like reading. They should love reading too. And I'm like, you're not trying to be with yourself.

Right, you're not trying to date your identical self. That's not the goal of a relationship. If you find that, it works, that's awesome. But you have to realize that those are not the traits. Those are not the qualities that make this healthy relationship. I know countless couples who can have the most beautiful philosophical discussions, but they can't solve the practical issues at home. I know plenty of couples who can build huge businesses together and grow huge empires

together, but they're not growing their relationship. They feel uncomfortable within. Right, just think about that for a second that you've got this stark contrast where it's like, when did a relationship become about entrepreneurship? When did a relationship become about a business partnership? It's a different connection. You may not build an empire with your partner. You may not build a garden with your partner, you may not build a garden with your partner,

you may not have intellectual conversations with your partner because that may not be what they provide you with. And I find that when we don't have our network, our community, our friends that provides us with some of our likes and dislikes, we place all that pressure on our partners. This always happens. Compatibility does not mean having the same personality. The second thing is, compatibility does not mean it's easy to get along. We think compatibility means everything's easy, everything must work, everything just flows. I would say that that's more an experience of chemistry, whereas compatibility requires, and I'll talk about this in depth in a second, but compatibility requires that deeper

understanding and knowledge, which often requires discomfort. Right, compatibility requires discomfort. Chemistry is comfortable. Compatibility is uncomfortable. Compatibility takes a moment to get under the roots, to get into the deepness, the darkness, the chaos to see if we can build strong foundations. Right, if I want to put up a little tent, I keep it up a tent anywhere. I don't have to check the foundations. I don't have to check the roots underneath there.

I don't have to check the soil. I can pretty much put a tent anywhere I feel like it, but a tent isn't a permanent residence. A permanent residence, however, if you want to build that, if you want to build something long-lasting and stable and secure, you've got to excavate the ground. You've got to look at the foundations. You've got to look at trees and the roots under the ground. You've got to look at the soil quality. You've got to look at all of these things. And so compatibility requires discomfort, right? Compatibility requires discomfort. It requires unearthing.

It requires excavating. These are not easy things to do. And so when people say, well, if you love someone and if you're compatible with them, it should just flow. That may be the case initially, but it isn't the case forever. It can be that way in the beginning, but it doesn't mean it's going to last that way.

So those are the first two things. And the third thing that compatibility is not, is that compatibility does not require changing someone else. I was speaking to someone recently and they were like, well, you know, I think my partner that I want to be with, I think he needs to work harder. I think he needs to get a better job. I think he needs to make more money to make himself right for me. And I'm like, well, then you don't love that person. You love their potential. You love their potential. You love the idea of who they could be like these are very different things. And so compatibility

if to be very careful, compatibility does not mean changing someone else, right? Compatibility does not mean that if they adapt, if they change, then we can get along. And then things will work out. So I think people think we often think compatibility is having the same personality. We often think compatibility is that it's easy and we often think that compatibility is that someone will change. And I would say that all of those are not compatibility.

The reason where those ideas come from is most of us believe that the way we were raised was spot on. We believe that the way we were raised, the way we were brought up, is the right way to do things. Imagine that what you've done up until now in your life is like building a home. You've built a home full of your ideas. And when you get into a relationship, you want someone to come and live in your house,

like your metaphorical house in terms of your mind's house. You're saying, come and live in my house. And what that means is come and live with my ideas, come and live with my ideologies, come and live with my philosophies, come and live with my values. And then the other person saying, no, no, no, come and live in my house, come and live with my ideas, come and live with my values. And then the other person saying, no, no, no, come and live in my house. Come and live with my ideas, come and live with my thoughts, come and live with my values.

And so what we realize in most relationships is that it's not about having the same likes, it's that we're trying to get people to live in the same way when a relationship is actually about building a new house together. It's about taking bricks that you love from your house to build this new house and leaving some bricks behind because they no longer serve and support this new home. Notice how different that is from saying, hey, come live in my house or my bricks are the right ones. One of the things that made Radi and me compatible, I'm giving you an example, is that Rady and

I were both able to forgive and move on when it came to everyday things. We would potentially have a disagreement. We would talk about it. We would both sleep. We'd wake up the next day and we'd turn a new page. We both share disability. I've had disability for a long time, and I've not always been with people that have had that.

I've had relationships where I've talked about it, I've apologized, I thought everything was fine, and then the next day, and the next day, and the next day, and the next week, the person is still upset about something that we thought was resolved. Now, that doesn't make that person bad and make me good. It doesn't make me bad and them good.

What it just means is that we were incompatible because we didn't have the same style. And I'm not saying the same style, but we didn't have a similar approach to dealing with challenges. And that made us harder to be compatible. So here are the four steps to build real connection as I walk into the six things to think about when it comes be compatible. So here are the four steps to build real connection as I walk into the

six things to think about when it comes to compatibility. If you want to be compatible, these are the four steps you have to take or whether you want to know you're compatible with someone. So the first thing to know whether you're compatible with someone is an acronym called RARE, R-A-R-E, and the reason why I chose the word rare is because it's rare to be compatible with someone, right? It's rare to be compatible with someone. You can have chemistry with a lot of people. Compatibility is much more unique because chemistry is that attraction that spark.

Potentially, you could feel that every month, you could feel that every year for someone else, it could shift quickly, it could move fast. But like we said, compatibility is stronger in long-lasting. So, the first R-A-R-E, the first R is recognize differences. If you want to be compatible with someone, know where you're different. Often when we meet someone, we look for all the similarities, that's fine, but we don't look for the differences. No where that person is different.

So I'll give an example. I'm timely and organized. Rady is more spontaneous. Notice I'm being also very careful about my language. Often we say things like, I'm organized, they're unorganized. And what we're basically saying is, I'm smarter and better for being organized, they're unorganized. And what we're basically saying is, I'm smarter and better for being organized, that person is weaker and worse for being unorganized.

And when I've realized this actually, it's a different energy. I'm organized, but Rady is spontaneous, and that's a beautiful, positive strength in and of itself. So recognize differences. So that's one of my Nradis. Another one of mine and Rady's is,

I am highly focused driven by goals and Radee is driven by her feelings. She's driven by how she wants to live or carry herself that day with very different people. I am more naturally, I can say to myself an introvert, but I can be more extroverted. So I'm more of an ambiver. Radhi is extroverted with people she knows well, but she's introverted with people she doesn't know well. Now I notice all these differences, right? Radhi and I are very different.

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you get your podcasts. Join the journey soon. The second thing you need to look at after being recognized in their differences, you need an awareness of their stance. Why are they that way? Where did that come from? Where is their ideology? Often we just assume that that's their weakness

or that's their strength. We don't realize where that came from for them. Where did that come from for them? How did they create that? How did they do that? How did they do that? For me, becoming aware of someone's stance and how they are that way is a really special aspect of learning and creating compatibility. Compatibility means I know why I am the way I am and I know why my partner is the way they are.

So for example, when I look at my life, I started working when I was 14 years old. I've always worked. I've pretty much been independent for my adult life. But even since 14, I paid for my own phone bill, my degree, my, I took a student loan as well. But I paid my way through life from 14 for my car, my car insurance These were very normal parts of my life. Now, I know other people who didn't start working till they graduated from college at 21 I know people who started working before me because they dropped out of school So what I'm saying is that Learning that so now when I look at my life today, and I love working, I love my purpose, I love creating, I love doing all of this, it comes from that conditioning and I'm happy

with that conditioning. So if today, Rady saw me and said, why are you so committed to work? Why are you so committed to your purpose? Why are you so dedicated to that? It would create a challenge because she's not understanding where it comes from for me. I also, she knows this and this is why Rady supports me so much and I'm so grateful for it, is she knows that the work I'm doing comes from such a deep place of gratitude. I've been saying this frequently when I get stopped or I bump into some of you or I meet

someone in the streets or I'm in a van or whatever it may be and people always say like, you know, does it get, you know, frustrating sometimes that you're stopping and I say, well, I remember doing this when no one turned up. I remember doing this when five people showed up. So now that I live in a world where I'm so grateful to have millions and billions of you that are connected with my work, I don't take that for granted. Now because R Rady understands the ideology and I understand that myself so I can express it to her, when she's aware of that,

it makes us more compatible because she understands why I make the choices I'm making. Compatibility requires that you have an awareness of why someone makes the choices they're making. And so often we have no idea why our partner does what they do. Or we have no idea why someone new does what they do because we never ask them. And maybe they're not thought about it, but I promise you if you ask them, they will think about it. And if they don't think about it, then you say, well, if someone doesn't think about my questions, are we compatible? Right? The third steps are a recognized differences,

awareness of their stance or awareness of their why. The third is respect their approach. Compatibility means you can respect their approach. Now, I'm not forcing you to respect their approach. I'll give an example. If I met someone who's, if I recognize the differences, so let's say their difference was they were rude or dismissive of family. The reason they were that way is because their family treated them badly. Could I respect that approach to being a deep relationship with this person, No, unless that person was aware of it and trying to change. So I'm not forcing you to respect someone's approach, but I'm saying that that's what compatibility is.

Compatibility isn't how can I redesign and redefine this person? It's about how can I respect them? How can I respect that they have chosen to be that way? They're happy to be that way. They're good being that way. And they don't need to become someone else in order for me to love them. And chemistry often leads us to not only believe someone can be whatever we want them to be. But chemistry also makes us believe that they should become in order to be worthy of our love. And the E in red is express your feelings without feeling judged. Compatibility

is a space where you can express your feelings without feeling judged. Now, this takes time. This takes time to build. It is not easy to build. It's not quick to build. It's something that we have to educate. And what I find is we often walk into relationships and we expect people to have these skills. Recognizing differences is a skill. Being aware of someone's why takes time and is a skill. Respecting someone's approach is time and skill. Expressing your feelings without feeling judged is time and skill.

For example, when I first met Radi, definitely we both judged each other. We fully judged each other. We fully judged each other when we expressed ourselves. We didn't respect each other's approach, and slowly through time I was guiding the relationship and saying, look, this is our viewpoints. Can you respect mine if I respect yours? That was the language. The language wasn't a demand. The language was a direction. Right, often we demand and say,

love me, like me, respect me, value me. Whereas a healthy relationship is when we can say, do we want to walk in this direction together? Are you able to recognize my differences? Are you able to be aware of how I think and why I think that way? Are you able to respect that? And are you able to be aware of how I think and why I think that way? Are you able to respect that? And are you able to let me express myself without feeling judged?

Can we do this daily? Can we get better at it? Can we move in that direction together? That's the question you want to ask in a relationship. We often ask, do you want to be with me? It's a decision question. The real question is, are we willing to do the work to be together? It's a decision question. The real question is, are we willing to do the work to be together? It's a direction question. Move away from a decision question to a direction

question. We get so lost in that rhetoric of, are we right for each other? The question is, do we want to make it right for each other? Do we want to be right for each other? It's not like there's two pieces that just fit. It's about finding two pieces that are made to fit. Right? It's not that there's a piece out there that's the perfect puzzle piece that just slots in with you. I think we think of, that's that chemistry thinking. Right? That's that chemistry thinking

that there's a piece out there that just fits with you. And compatibility thinking is going, well, I'm going to actually find two pieces. And it's going to be a bit of molding. There's going to be a bit of shifting. There's going to be a bit of understanding. But finally, it's going to fit, right? And it may not even fit perfectly. And that's okay. I think that's the other part where it's like, it's going to be a perfect fit. There is no perfect fit. So, Rare, remember that recognize differences, awareness of their why, respect their approach, and learn to express your feelings without being judged. Now, I want to share the six areas of compatibility and some of the challenges that come up with this. And this is from the Vedic

understanding of what is known as the six opulences. These are considered the six things that we all pursue in life or the six things that people take very seriously. And each of these creates a challenge or a depth of complexity. So these six, let's go through them one by one. The first one is wealth, financial compatibility, wealth compatibility, right? To have wealth compatibility, it does not mean you have the same views about money or the same views about finances. And I'll give you an example. Me and Rade grew up in different homes. We grew up with different backgrounds. We grew up with different backgrounds. We grew up with different socioeconomic backgrounds.

And in my home, there were certain things that were prioritized when money was always spent. Money was always spent abundantly on food. Same with Radi, my parents always believe never sacrifice your health. Same with Radi. Now, as I've grown older, some of my values have changed, where I think there are other areas of health that that includes. Now, my wife doesn't have to agree with that.

She doesn't have to be aligned with that, but she has to be okay with me wanting to invest in that. There has to be a sense of support and understanding of other people. So, when you're thinking about financial compatibility, the question isn't, do we agree on how we spend our money? It's, do we understand why each of us thinks about money in this way? And what is the solution we want to create together for our relationship? We have to realize that we are now creating together. The next one is beauty. There needs to be a healthy attraction to the person you're with, of course. Attraction is a part of compatibility, physical compatibility,

but there has to also be a healthy attraction to oneself. Otherwise, you feel your partners out of your league and that creates incompatibility. So physical incompatibility, isn't that someone's better looking than the other person or someone gets more attention? It's if you're together, how do you feel about yourself?

If you feel insecure about yourself, you will create incompatibility in that relationship. Right? I know someone who she feels that the guy she's with is so out of her league that she's always saying that to him, which what do you think that does? It makes them physically incompatible because he's constantly reminded of that. He keeps having to remind of that.

He's not and that he is attracted to and that she's beautiful and all the rest of it, but that it doesn't end up working because the insecurity creates incompatibility. The third area of compatibility is power. Now, power dynamics in a relationship are interesting and knowing what your partner is good at and letting them lead is how you disseminate power in a relationship. So do we have a power compatibility?

Often what happens in power compatibility is the loudest, most extroverted, strongest partner takes over and dominates a relationship. A healthy, power dynamic in a relationship is knowing which partner is good at what and letting them lead on those areas. Now I've got three more areas of compatibility I want to discuss with you. Fame, compatibility in public perception. This is so much more interesting today in the world of social media because our relationship compatibility is constantly being questioned and looked at by our friends, our family and other people. A relationship becomes more compatible when in public, we give each other the spotlight and in private we genuinely

appreciate but give each other growth feedback. So what often happens in relationships is people will criticize or joke or potentially even be kind of sending about their part in public. But in private though, but I always tell you how much I like you, but that makes someone feel uncomfortable. Now, I'm not also saying putting your partner on stage and making them give a speech because they may not be comfortable with that, but understanding whether you're compatible by how you behave, how does your partner want to be appreciated? How does your partner want to be acknowledged? That is a really important part of compatibility.

Now this one's an interesting one. Renunciation is considered an opulence. People who are detached monks have high renunciation. And this renunciation compatibility in a relationship is letting your partner grow at their own pace. Right? Not forcing them to grow. That's compatibility. not forcing them to grow, that's compatibility. Compatibility is encouragement, support, guidance, love, affection, but not force. That's what creates compatibility. And finally, knowledge compatibility. We're compatible with someone if we're trying to learn new things with each other.

So we're compatible financially if we simply learn to understand and create a new plan together, not forcing our own plan on the other person, we're compatible physically if we're not insecure about our own self and we focus on that to create a healthy relationship with someone. We will be compatible in power and influence if we learn our strengths and weaknesses and let our partner lead sometimes, and we lead sometimes, we'll be compatible in fame and external places and people when we learn how our partner wants to receive appreciation.

We'll be compatible in renunciation when we're detached from our partner's path. We realize their path is different to ours. And we're compatible in knowledge in mind when we think about learning new things together or learning separately and sharing our learnings. I really hope the shifts and transforms the way you think about compatibility. And I am so grateful that I have to focus on creating these new episodes for you every week because this is one of those ones that's really made a big shift in my mind. I hope that you take away some of this trying to put into practice and I couldn't be more thankful for your ears, your time, your presence. And I promise you on purpose is just getting better and better. We're only just getting started. There are so many wonderful wonderful things happening in our space and I'm so so pumped. Thank you so much for listening today. Thank you for all the birthday

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