Crushes are experienced by everyone--whether you are an elementary school-aged child or a working, career-minded adult. They can be fleeting or last years. Sometimes crushes are harmless and fun, and other times they can ruin a family. Once acknowledged, crushes can be the start of a long successful relationship. They can be the starting point for marriages and friendships. Some crushes are never acknowledged and stay locked in secret places in our hearts.

• Crushes can impact your ability to concentrate and can result in reduced productivity, quality of work, motivation and energy.

• Crushes can help you to identify a potential match and life partner and can spur you on to approach someone you might not normally interact with.

• Crushes come in many sizes like the small crush one might have on your fifth grade teacher or a larger crush on one's boss.