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Autopsy without Blame: How to Diagnose What Went Wrong in Your Latest Fight
In my day job I often interview senior executives, the CEO, and front-line workers about a company’s culture and practices. The conversation is often inspiring, as it was not long ago at a Chicagoland...
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I’m Always Right. Until I’m Wrong.
My arguments are a lot like this car – full steam ahead until I fall off a cliff (pun not intended). Image via Flickr “faster panda kill kill.” The email arrived in the middle of my work day – just a...
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The Least Important Most Important Thing
Our family mostly enjoys road trips. After all, what red-blooded American couldn’t appreciate the open road or gas station snacks or alphabet games or playlists (formerly known as mix tapes)?...
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Love, Light, Strength (and Glue): When the Bonds of Marriage are Tested....
How does marriage survive chronic, devastating problems? Sarah Kishpaugh has something to teach us. On this blog, we tend to operate under the assumption that your marriage is mostly fine. Maybe not...
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More on Marriage & Parallel Parking
I saw this someecard today, and recalled a post from last year on how I can never seem to parallel park with Cliff is in the car. Though I can whip into tight spaces when I’m alone, I always seem to...
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NBA Marriages, Revisited
Last June, I wrote about NBA marriages, suggesting that teamwork means everyone knowing their role and every role mattering. That post seems worth revisiting this year for several reasons: The Miami...
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Recover Faster: A Tennis Lesson in Finishing Fights Fast
Sit down folks, because this is a sports-related post that IS NOT written by Cliff. Last week I was at an Inc. magazine conference, where I heard Bonnie St. John speak. For those of you not keeping...
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Marriage on Spin Cycle
The internet’s filled with ideas for surprising your partner: Surprise him with a gift! Surprise her with flowers! Surprise her with a night out! Surprise him with some new lingerie! Surprise him with...
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The Dietary Habits of Toddlers, and Your Marriage
Toddlers? Let them eat cake … at least for today. Tomorrow, how about some nice green beans? When you are a new parent, you get a lot of unsolicited advice you don’t really want. But occasionally you...
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60% Right: What You Can Learn From Romantic Comedies…Sometimes
I have a love/hate relationship with romantic comedies. Okay, it’s probably about 20% love and 80% hate. For example, I love everything about “When Harry Met Sally,” from the older couples discussing...
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