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The Zig Ziglar Marriage Experiment

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zig ziglar The Zig Ziglar Marriage Experiment
I heard on the news that yesterday Zig Ziglar passed away. For those who don’t know who he was, Zig was an amazing motivational speaker and writer. While he’s most often thought of as being a motivator of salespeople, during this story they played a snippet of one of his talks that seemed very appropriate for my readers.

Zig said that years ago he was giving a seminar in Birmingham and was approached by one of the participants for advice. This woman said that she was in a dead-end job full of people who constantly made her workplace miserable. She wanted Mr. Ziglar’s help on finding a better job or career.

Zig told her to take out a piece of paper and start writing down, line by line, all the things she liked about her current job. She say there wasn’t a single thing. Zig said, “you mean to tell me that there isn’t one single thing you like about your job?” She said again that there wasn’t one thing. Read the rest of this entry

How to Stop Divorce in Five Simple Steps

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If work, finances, and other domestic issues are already putting your marriage at risk, you have to learn how to stop divorce as early as now. Below are five simple steps that can immediately save your marriage and strengthen your relationship with your spouse.

Focus on the present

Most couples who fail to fix their marriage and end up having a divorce have tendencies to look into the past. They dwell on the past mistakes of their partners and forget about the real essence of moving forward. Read the rest of this entry

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Can Counseling Save Marriage?

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Can counseling save a marriage? Counseling is affording a couple the opportunity to air their problems to each other with an unbiased third party. In many instances this has proved to be successful, but in the end it’s up to the couple’s desire to save the marriage that will determine success.

Taking each other for granted after marriage can lead to a couple almost passing each other without even acknowledgment, until one day they suddenly realize they don’t really know each other.

Sad though this is, it happens in many marriages and the pleasure which they once had in each other’s company seems to have somehow been lost. They don’t talk they don’t laugh together and quite often, don’t even notice one another. Read the rest of this entry

10 Top Secrets To A Long And Happy Marriage From Happily Married Couples

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Marriage is sometimes entered into lightly, but the reality is that it’s a commitment which needs nurturing and patience in order to be successful. The secrets to a long and happy marriage are not really secrets at all, just knowing how to retain the love and friendship which brought you together in the first place.

  1. If you get married thinking you can change your partner into someone else, forget it! You were undoubtedly attracted to them in the first place because of who they were, so why should you want them to change? Adapt yourself to fit in with your spouse if you want your marriage to succeed.
  2. Whatever happens, don’t stop talking to each other. A problem shared is a problem halved so the saying goes, and it is definitely true in a marriage. Whatever your difficulties they can be sorted out together rather than apart.
  3. Don’t stop being intimate with one another. Love and affection are so important in order to keep the spark alive in a marriage. Sex is important, but so is holding each other and considering the other’s needs and desires in a sexual relationship.
  4. No-one is perfect, not even you! You should already know some of your spouse’s so called flaws before you marry, but sometimes in a domestic situation they can suddenly seem to have blown out of proportion. Learn to accept them, or subtly try to point them out, but never let them become a barrier in your relationship.
  5. The worst thing anyone can do to someone close to them is to totally ignore them. The feeling of worthlessness this creates can cause a multitude of problems. In order for your marriage to remain a happy one, you must always appreciate the other’s point of view and make allowances.
  6. Arguing is all part and parcel of living with someone. You can’t always agree no matter how close you are to one another. Don’t let the arguments get out of hand though, and don’t let them fester.
  7. It’s important to retain the part of yourself which is outside of the marriage. So don’t let your friends disappear, keep up your relationships and spend time with them. It will also give you things to talk about when you get home.
  8. Don’t take each other for granted. Don’t expect your spouse to automatically always do the chores or to accept your bad moods. Consider their feelings, and their daily tasks, and offer to help out.
  9. Try to have time to yourselves when you can sit in a romantic setting and enjoy each other’s company as you did before you were married. It will remind you of why you got together in the first place, and will also help to create a deep friendship.
  10. Whatever problems you encounter, and however awful they may seem at times, try to find it in your heart to forgive each other. A long and happy marriage is often built on the art of being able to forgive.

If you wish there’d been a “marriage manual” to help you figure out what was going wrong and to help you do more of the “right” things, there is! The book, Save the Marriage, is exactly that. While it can help someone bring even the most troubled marriage back, it can also help someone in a great marriage keep it from sliding. Click here to check it out…

The Best Ways to Find Marriage Advice When You Are Feeling Stuck

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If you are having issues and arguments with your spouse you will want to find some good marriage advice. There are a number of sources for advice on marriage and keeping things going well. If you are close to your family and you have watched your parents or siblings enjoy a great marriage you can turn to them when you need advice. Most people do not seek advice until there is a problem to be addressed and you should be looking for advice on marriage before you even get married.

Many people think that they need to get married to be worthwhile in the public’s eyes without realizing that the real reason to get married is to spend the rest of your life with a person that you are truly in love with. In just about any other situation in life you can research online and make truly informed decisions, but with marriage you do not have any tried and true sources to go to. There are any number of so called marriage experts that you can go to for advice, but most of them address conflict and do not give you practical advice on getting started from day one in your marriage to build the best base for a life long partnership.

Truly understanding what you partner desires in life and how they communicate is a good way to start working on your marriage. Communicating without conflict and condescension is extremely important. Too many men feel that they know it all and do not look on marriage as a two way street and a cooperation of equal partners. Whether the man is the sole income provider or not makes no difference in the importance of each spouse’s role. There have been studies that show if you had to pay for the services provided for a stay at home mom she would need to pull down six figures just to pay for what she has to do every single day. This is a true case of outsourcing not being the way to go to reduce expenses. One only has to look at what it costs for daycare to see that it is important to make the stay at home spouse feel that they are appreciated.

The day to day stresses of finances, work problems and dealing with issues with the children can strain the marriage relationship to the breaking point especially if both spouses do not take the time to communicate everything that is going on and address the issues as they come up. The person bringing in the income may not realize that helping with the house hold chores is extremely important and that giving the stay at home spouse time away from the kids is key to keeping everyone sane.

If you are looking for good marriage advice you should start with a counselor recommended by someone you respect at your church. Another great place for advice is a person your respect who already has a good marriage and the time to speak with you about what is happening.

Finally, you can find great advice in marriage books. I highly recommend Save the Marriage. It’s helped hundreds of couples restore their marriages from the brink of disaster.