This past year I’ve had one verse constantly popping in my head: “Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life...” (Exo 20:12a) If you didn’t know, this is one of the 10 Commandments, which are given twice in the Old Testament because they’re that important. They’re usually … [Read more...]
How Our Differences can lead to Conflict (Pt 5: Differences between men & women)
In this series, two of the lessons we’ve looked at are The Five Modes of a Guy (Playful, Middle Ground, Serious, Upset, and Explosive) and The Ten Possible Modes of a Woman (Playful, Playful & Condescending, Positive Middle Ground, Negative Middle Ground, Serious, Serious & Condescending, … [Read more...]
The Different Modes of Women (Pt 4: Differences between men & women)
In the first part of this series, I looked at the 5 Modes of a Guy – it’s pretty basic and easy to follow. Today we’ll look at the Modes of a Woman – not so basic or easy to follow. Women are more complex because, as I noted last week, they can be the nicest or meanest people you meet. To add to … [Read more...]
The 5 Types of Women (Pt 3: Differences between men & women)
Understanding how men and women are different can save a relationship because it helps give us fair expectations of each other. The last two weeks I’ve looked at the five modes of a guy and the five types of guys. Breaking down how a man works is pretty easy. Women... are more complex – shocker. … [Read more...]
The 5 Categories of Men (Pt 2: A Common Problem for Couples)
Last week I broke down guys into five basic modes: Playful, Middle Ground, Serious, Upset, and Explosive. In general, people want to feel understood, which means misinterpreting what category a guy is in leads to us moving down to a worse category. For instance, if you’re Serious and you’re … [Read more...]
A Common Problem for Couples (Pt1: How guys work)
I realized this week a simple pattern with a lot of couples. And how did I figure this out? Because I fit into the same pattern. How I learn is pretty simple – life happens and I reflect on it to find understanding. Here’s what I realized: I give my wife too much credit while she gives me too … [Read more...]
The Lost Art of Gentleness
Last week when I was at Marineland with my family for the fifth time this year (my two daughters are obsessed with the dolphins, belugas, and penguins), I was pushing my two year old in a plastic car and accidentally bumped into the person’s heals in front of me. My knee-jerk reaction was to … [Read more...]
A Major Reason Our Society Terrifies Me (how to reduce others fighting)
At what point did it become mandatory to have to like everyone and accept their ways of living? Over my career, I’ve met lots of people who don’t like me and that’s fine. You’re allowed to not like me. I think you’re making a mistake because (written playfully) I think I’m great, but I’m clearly … [Read more...]
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