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Looking for the right partner is work, so we apply our productivity traits to the process. There is value in being focus and diligent. The downside is we can end up sabotaging ourselves.
The post I wrote for Digital Romance describes what to avoid with creating our list of what we want in a partner and maintaining the standards of that list. I give simple suggestions that work… and make relationships more fun.
What fuels your success? Is it a desire for money, possessions or fame? Do you hear a voice in your head telling you to get to work? We all have carrots and sticks propelling us forward. Sticks aren’t fun nor do they work well as we tend to resist them. And, the carrots-when we get…
There is a great short video where Alison Armstrong speaks about the two questions that can recover or keep a relationship fresh: 1 Is there anything you need from me that you gave up on getting? 2 Is there anything I am doing or a way of being that is losing your respect and affinity?…
Image via Wikipedia Revolutionaries don’t just burn the rules. They write new ones. In destroying the standard, they create the standard. It’s creative destruction at its finest. This quote comes from Jon Morrow’s, an Associate Editor of Copyblogger post: The Courage of Being Wrong. Jon doesn’t mention in the post, but he is writing from personal…
Playing together It seems like most of us are either looking for a relationship or looking at improving one. We’re constantly getting and giving advice around relationships. With the popularity of reality shows fueling the hype about “the one,” it’s amazing any of us have relationships that work. I’m not here to tell you that…
The recent Newsweek article, Men’s Lib, speaks to the change society, and men in particular, is going through. As I a man I can say the world is changing around us. As a gender and as individuals we are being forced to keep up – I would say grow up. Image by thaigov via Flickr…
Image via Wikipedia It’s not you, men. For women, happiness comes from how they experience life. Marcus Buckingham and his team polled thousands of women to discover what made them happy. He found that women’s happiness comes from focusing on the moments rather than the goals, plans or dreams. Focusing on the moments means being…
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