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Partnership Matters (or Why Your Husband Should Pick Up His Socks)

Issue 3 Volume 1

Author

Kirk Johansen
August 03, 2023

August 4 - August 16

ISSUE 3 VOL 1

B I - M O N T H L Y N E W S L E T T E R

 CHANGE THE ODDS 

Partnership. It sounds like a cold aspect of marriage. Yet it is so much more than paying bills or shuffling the kids to practice. At the heart of a good partnership is the idea of two people full invested in the relationship while accomplishing different tasks and expressing different skills. If you had to rate your partnership, how good is it? In this issue of the Change the Odds Newsletter we cover the issue of partnership which can either create unity or disunity. And if you want to get a quick score of where your partnership rates, take our marriage assessment.

Kevin Thompson

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Articles for this issue

Three Signs of Disunity in Marriage by Rennie’ Simpson

Embracing Trust: The Bedrock of a Happy and Lasting Marriage

Work THE ODDS

At Change the Odds, we encourage every couple to work the odds. Take the odd year of your anniversary date and spend at least a semester in a marriage study with a small group of people. Beyond that, do several activities each year—attend a marriage conference, go on a retreat, plan date nights, etc—in order to work on your marriage. If you work the odds, it will change the odds.

TAKE A CLASS

UNLOCKING THE POWER OF THE MARRIAGE: TOOLBOX

A Marriage Hack:

I took my son to lunch the other day and told him we would start having investor meetings. I explained that if I invested in a new company, I would have regular meetings with the owners to learn how they use my investment. Since I regularly invest in him, I expect him to tell me what he does with my investment. As a married couple, you should have occasional investor meetings. You invest your time, energy, money, and other resources into various areas. What returns are you getting on those investments? Are they worth it? Would you be better off investing your resources in other areas? Every business has these types of meetings. Every marriage should as well. Remember—we are in this together. It’s not one grilling the other. We are looking at our investments.

SAVE THE DATE:

Newport Beach Sept. 22-23

Granite Bay Oct. 13-14

Join us in Newport Beach or Sacramento (Granite Bay) for our fall marriage and family conference. It will be a weekend of encouragement, insight, and fun.

Here’s an idea that every person, married or not, could benefit from. Watch it and share it.