Given that we recently celebrated our 10 year anniversary, I started wondering about what can predict long-term compatibility …
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For some reason, I’m reminded of a classic Harvard Business Review article: Robert Schrank’s “Two Women, Three Men, and a Raft”
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great appearance on CNN today. Your insight into our irrational obsession with gas prices was quite fascinating. I think ill devote my next month to obsessing over the price of bread.
I think canoeing direction like a successful marriage is mainly determined by the steering at the back and a willingness of the front partner to paddle.
I found the book to be interesting – especially the chapters on pricing and wording.
I’m presently building a website and your research confirms my research on PRICING – specifically, as it relates to the competition.
I concur that canoeing would provide valuable insight on being able to work with a partner. It would show how one handles frustrations, shares control, and uses cooperation. A situation involving a little external pressure would be very revealing.
I’ve always said that a good first date would be to wash each other’s cars and clean out the interiors together. My thought was that a car wash date would show each person’s willingness to share in the labor, reflect their respective levels of cleanliness and attention to detail, and show their ability to adjust to the other’s expectations. If you turn on the radio while you work, it would also provide an opportunity to learn the other’s music preferences (and level of tolerance for the other’s music preferences), and it might reveal the range of humor, seriousness, and playfulness (a water fight might break out) with which each would approach the task.
If the carwash part of the date went well, you could then change clothes and go for a ride together somewhere. If the carwash revealed too much friction or a personality clash, at least you’d end up with a clean car.
I’m totally loving these video blogs, and think your work is terrific.
I’ve been married to a long-distance paddler for 13 years now (check out marekuliasz.com). Well, he’s a solo paddler, but sometimes I’m there, too, on the bank as paddler support. I definitly see that our behavior in “real life” truly reflects our river behavior. We may nag, get angry, and disagree, but when the going gets tough, we have always pulled together. Likewise, he may get tired and cranky, and his hands (and butt) may get pretty sore, but I have seen time and time again that the harder things get, the more capable and stronger he becomes. Some of his races are pretty long (more than 300 miles) and yes, the rivers do seem to show how things are in our non-river lives.
Dan, is it just coincidence that the theme you use for your video blogs is the same as HotForWords uses for her “Guess the Word Origin” games? Where did it come from?
I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.
Ann
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