Tip 14: Women: Say ‘great job’ to your man We women love to feel loved. We delight in knowing that our man adores and cherishes us. We feel special and secure when he hear, “I love you.” In fact, for many of us, feeling loved is the whole point of having the relationship to begin…
Tip 13: Realize that several small changes usually make the big difference One of the most effective things we can do to encourage our marriages is to knock down the widespread myth that marriage is utterly hard and complicated and that having a good marriage, or fixing a troubled one, requires a Ph.D. in psychology….
Tip 12: Go to Church One of the biggest myths discouraging churchgoers in recent decades is the notion that “George Barna found the rate of divorce is the same in the church.” On the contrary, George Barna found no such thing – and the real facts point us to a key action for anyone who…
Jeff and I and the kids are here visiting family, and have a speaking engagement at a church here Tuesday night! Monday thru Wednesday my sister-in-law’s family arranged an amazing stay for our whole family (us, our nieces, my parents…) at a resort here on the island of Sentosa, that their company works with. What…
Tip 11: Never waver from knowing your marriage will last a lifetime I can still remember one of the most visually-effective points I’ve ever seen made by a professor. In my business school course on financial institutions, the professor was talking about a recent Wall Street scandal. He surveyed the usual horseshoe-shaped amphitheater, walked over…
Secret #10: Believe You Hit the Jackpot Here’s a thought to consider: if we gave our spouses more credit for their role in the good things in our marriages…would they probably start contributing even more? The reason I ask that is because the highly happy couples I interviewed and surveyed had a very different answer…
