We're reading that book John Gottman's book, Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work, and, I want to tell you, that book is absolutely outstanding. At first I didn’t want to read but in chapter 2, John Gottman asked a question that I never really thought about. He said, “What is your secret weapon for defusing arguments?” I started thinking about that a little bit. I want to ask you today. Do you take things too serious? I mean probably, you are arguing about some dumb stuff in your relationship. We've got to do things to defuse these situations. I’d like to ask you again, what is your secret weapon? What is that thing that you're using to defuse some of those arguments or bad situations or disagreements that you're having? So just think about it. I don't know what it is for you? Whatever it is though I would encourage you to defuse it faster than not. Figure out what that thing is that you can do to defuse those bad situations.
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Redlining! More often than not and unknowingly, you do this. Some of you guys are redlining your life. You are working more hours than you should. And I'd like to warn you from that because that is not gonna work out well for you long term. Your health is going to suffer as a result of it. Your relationship is going to suffer as a result of it. Your finances is going to suffer as a result of it because we are not designed to redline all the time.
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It is pertinent to decompress after a long and tiring day. It would be best to give yourself a breather, give yourself a 30-minute break once you get home and before putting on your "daddy or husband hat". But always look after your spouse's well-being as well. Do the same with your spouse. Give and take. Take time in allowing your spouse to have his/her own breather time. You will see that doing so will make a big difference.
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Here’s something that I think is really important, not just in fishing, but in everyday life.
Mindset is everything. It doesn't matter what we're doing. Whether it's fishing or hunting or playing golf or working…or with our wife or with our children.
Mindset I think is a real important piece. Go ahead and watch the video to learn more about that I am talking about.
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Let me tell you this and I'm going to be honest with you. I've talked to a number of people that are not that great as a dad and they're not that great as a husband.
I've made plenty of mistakes over the course of being a father and being a husband but you can't do that long term because what happens is you deteriorate the relationship with your children. Later on they're going to see this pattern and then the other thing that they're going to start feeling is they're under-appreciated, they're not important.
I just want to encourage you that if you don't make some radical changes it's not going to end well for you.
Let me ask you now, are you becoming the leader or father that is worth following?
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