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- Enriching Your Relationships Series – 1 of 10
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The Top Ten Habits for Successful Relationships
#1 – Know What You Want and Ask for It In Ways That Inspire Cooperation
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This is the first in our new series of video blog posts. Please leave a comment below and let us know what you think!
July 30th, 2012 at 3:51 pm
Awesome!! Very helpful. Looking forward to the rest of the series!
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Paul Cutright Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 12:19 pm
Thanks, Mark! We’re glad you enjoyed this post and found it helpful.
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July 30th, 2012 at 5:19 pm
This is very helpful having it available to listen to it when I want. I look forward to listening the next one! It’s a great refresher video of what I know and can continue to apply it to my life. Thank you!
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Paul Cutright Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 12:21 pm
Thanks, Terrie, we’re so glad you enjoyed it and found it valuable!
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July 30th, 2012 at 5:36 pm
LOVE the voice dialog. Such simple and obvious steps to take in maintaining harmonious, effective relationships, yet most of us (myself included) miss them completely. . .while rushing off in pursuit of ‘the rest of life’. Thank you for this tremendously important ‘heads up’ post. I am looking forward to the next one.
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Paul Cutright Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 12:20 pm
Thank you, Alison! We’re glad you enjoyed this one and we’re excited about producing the next ones in the series..
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July 30th, 2012 at 5:38 pm
très intéressant
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July 30th, 2012 at 7:29 pm
Wow, this message came at just the right time! At my age of 36 I have done a lot of growing and learning from relationships..but just the other day I was talking with my 29 yr old boyfriend and I got frustrated and snapped a little in a demanding way. I wasn’t feeling the closeness as we had had and was aggrivated because I was being such a good girlfriend! I wanted my rewards! Lol. But now I realize that before I get demanding, try articulating my feelings a little! Also, he surely wasnt articulating his either! Eesh, such hard stuff! The message was spot on, made perfect sense! Thanks
). p.s.. How do you get a partner to open up? It’s hard when he gets distant because I don’t know what it’s about. Turns out it wasn’t even about me!
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Paul Cutright Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 12:33 pm
Hi Natalie — we’re glad the timing of this post was good for you. And what you are experiencing in your relationship is predictable at some point. That is a good insight about articulating your feelings a little before becoming demanding! And, as you might guess, there is a bit more to it than that!
How to get a partner to open up is a question we get all the time. If your partner does not have a history of communicating about his feelings there aren’t any tricks or tips to make that happen, other than patience and modeling the behavior you wish to elicit from him. And that usually is not enough.
If you did not watch the video all the way through, we suggest you go back and watch it again and click on the button at the very end to be taken to a very real and practical solution for the issue you face in your relationship.
Let us know if you have any questions.
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July 30th, 2012 at 10:15 pm
It is really hard these days to be vulnerable and to ask for things I want in relationships. Society wants things NOW, there is now drive thru dating where a man can request hair color, breast and bottom size, eye color, weight, age, I could go on.
Yes, I could use help.
Wondering if I will get a response.
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Paul Cutright Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 12:24 pm
Hey Jean — we totally understand what you are saying about being vulnerable and asking for what you want in relationships. That’s why we did this post on this topic.
Wonder no longer about getting a response from us! We hear you and we’re here to help. If you did not click the button at the end of the video, you might want to go back and watch it again and click on the button to see something that can truly help.
Let us know if you have any questions once you’ve done that.
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July 30th, 2012 at 11:12 pm
Dear Paul and Layne,
I really love this format and how it feels like a fireside chat with the two of you, rather than a training. Though I have had the gift of your personal insights and training, I felt compelled to listen again and honestly heard what I need right now. I will be looking for the next installment, with much love to you both. Mia
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Paul & Layne Cutright Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 1:02 pm
Thank you so much, Mia, we really appreciate your input! We’re glad to know you enjoyed it and that it was timely for you.
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July 31st, 2012 at 9:25 am
Very engaging and useful, and I will happily pass it on to my kids and their mates. Thank you!
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Paul Cutright Reply:
July 31st, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Thank you, Barbara! So glad you enjoyed it and will be passing it on to your family.
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July 31st, 2012 at 9:43 am
This stopped after 2 min. 38 sec. On my iPad. of, course, I still had the visual.
concerning knowing what one DOESN’T want: there is a concept in art called “negative space”, and that is the background of the picture’s subject. it is equally important…however, it isn’t the focus point.
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Paul & Layne Cutright Reply:
August 3rd, 2012 at 3:05 pm
The video probably stopped because of bandwidth or connectivity issues at the time and place. Try it again, Lisa,and see if it doesn’t work.
Negatve space, from an art/visual perspective, is a good metaphor for the idea of knowing we we don’t want.
Paul & Layne
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July 31st, 2012 at 4:19 pm
I really appreciated your thoughtful and practical suggestions, which can be applied to all kinds of relationships. All too common to assume others can read our minds! Thank you for this excellent blog.
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Paul & Layne Cutright Reply:
August 3rd, 2012 at 3:06 pm
Thank you, Pippa – we’re so glad you enjoyed this post!
Paul & Layne
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July 31st, 2012 at 5:44 pm
Thank you very much. We enjoyed listening to the information and the presentation. The information was valuable and interesting.
Good to hear your voices. We look forward to the rest of the series.
Many Blessings
Jim and Jennifer
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Paul Cutright Reply:
August 1st, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Thanks, Jim, we’re so glad you enjoyed it!
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August 14th, 2012 at 1:27 pm
Thank you both so much for this video! It’s wonderful and full of great information!
The issue with me isn’t so much fear of rejection or no it’s more the feeling of stupidity and hurt when your significant other thinks that what you are asking for is wrong or in his opinion stupid, etc. and you are ridiculed or made out to be selfish for even asking.
With my current “relationship”, I’ve learned to just shut up and take care of matters on my own so that I am not ridiculed.
Anyway, thanks again for the great video and just keep them coming!
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