INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Write in single-spaced paragraphs with a double space between them. Number your paragraphs. Each paragraph constitutes a separate term of your contract. If you have any sub-paragraphs, indent them under the main paragraph and mark them with a letter, as though you were writing an outline. For example, you may want to follow a main paragraph discussing types of information to be kept confidential with sub-paragraphs listing specific examples. There are two types of confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements, one with responsibilities for both parties and the other with responsibilities for only one party. Mutual confidentiality agreements are necessary when you're providing information to a company so they can provide you with something secret in return. For example, you may be disclosing your plans for a secret invention to a professional who will help you devise a marketing plan. You need a one-way confidentiality agreement if you need to share confidential information with an employee or contractor who will not be sharing secrets of their own, simply doing work for you. You'd also use a one-way agreement if you were seeking investors, as long as those investors were only providing financing for your project and not any business advice or strategy. Everyone who might have access to the confidential information must be listed, otherwise the agreement won't bind them. For example, if the agreement is between two companies, the CEO of the company may be able to sign for her entire company, but the agreement should also specify that all employees of the company who have access to the information are bound by its provisions. Parties can be identified by referring to classes of people, such as "employees" or "engineers," as long as the person signing the agreement has the authority to bind those people. Unless the agreement forbids a contractor to have a subcontractor assist with the work, all subcontractors should be included as parties to the agreement as well. The types of information you wish to keep confidential can include any sort of information that might be exchanged between the parties. For example, if you're designing a mobile app, you might include not only the code and design of the app itself, but also any prototypes, testing procedures and results, or reviews and comments from alpha or beta testers. This portion of the agreement is designed to set the boundaries of confidential information without disclosing the information itself. For example, your agreement may list "all client lists" as confidential, but does not have to disclose the content of those lists. This isn't typically a list of specific things, but broad categories of information that don't have to be protected as confidential. Most of these categories are created by law. For example, information that was public knowledge will never be considered confidential information. Likewise, information that the receiving party learns from a third party or of which they had prior knowledge cannot be considered confidential for the purposes of a confidentiality agreement. One of the most important exclusions is that if the receiver creates something independently before entering the confidential relationship, it cannot be considered party of the confidentiality agreement even if it happens to use or include some of the same or similar secret information or processes.

SUMMARY: Use standard contract format. Decide whether the confidential relationship established will be mutual or one-way. Identify the parties to the agreement. Define what information will be kept confidential. List information excluded from confidentiality.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: The most important factor in controlling your feelings for someone is reducing the amount of time you spend with them, especially time spent alone. Avoid the person as much as you can, if possible. If you can't completely avoid them, make sure the two of you aren't spending time together alone. For example, if this person asks you out for drinks, suggest that you make it a group activity to limit alone time. Instead, surround yourself with people like friends and family who are positive, uplifting, and make you feel great. They should be accepting and supportive of your feelings. Also, they should be contributing to your own visions, and understand that this is your own personal story to live. Keeping up with the person online can still influence your feelings, so get some distance there, too. Unfriend them on your social media profiles. If this seems too drastic, download an app that controls your social media usage altogetherif you can't log onto Facebook, you can't stalk their page. Commit to unplugging during the times when you're most likely to cyber-stalk. You might also get help from smartphone apps like Freedom and SelfControl. You also want to limit their feelings for you, too, if possible. Therefore, it's best to avoid leading them on. Seemingly harmless compliments, touches, or glances can send the message that you like someone. So, avoid such interactions. If you must interact with them, treat them with polite indifference, sticking to "hi" and "bye." When you are falling in love with someone, your view of them is often skewed. You can only see what makes this person so great. To control your feelings, develop a more sober and realistic perception of the other person. No one is perfect. Make a list of why this person isn't. Review the list whenever you start thinking of them too highly. For instance, if you're dealing with an old flame, you might list out why you broke up with them, including reasons like "He lies compulsively" or "She doesn't prioritize spending time with me." Maybe your reason for wanting to avoid falling in love with this person lies in their relationship status. If this person has a significant other, envision that person's face or name whenever you're fantasizing about them. This may help you maintain objectivity. Being in love with someone and acting on those feelings are two very different feelings. Sometimes, no matter what you try, your heart can't prevent itself from falling for someone. However, if you don't want to be in a relationship or aren't ready for love, don't act on those feelings. Acknowledge that you like the person and really enjoy their company, but remind yourself that you're not in the market for love right now. One way to do this is by examining key goals in your life that you would like to accomplish before falling in love again. For instance, maybe you'd like to finish your degree before entering a new relationship or maybe you want to travel the world.

SUMMARY:
Get some space from the person. Block them online. Drop the flirtations. Fixate on their negative qualities. Remind yourself that they're unavailable. Accept that the heart wants what it wants.