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Entries Tagged as 'Goal Setting'

Love Goals

November 18th, 2011 · No Comments

  You can’t reach what you don’t define!     Everyone believes in goals. You have to know what your goal is, and then take steps, mini-goals even, to help you achieve that goal.  It works for careers; it works for education. So how about a Love Goal? Why not take steps, to achieve the [...]

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Tags: Goal Setting · Goal statement · Love Goal · Relationship priorities · Relationship puzzles · Relationship Renewal · Relationship Review

Relationship Shockers

April 7th, 2010 · No Comments

  Looking for a guarantee – on the rosy relationship path?     The truth is, you cannot anticipate possible shocks to the relationship.  You cannot control the free will of your partner.  In essense, the future is unknowable. 

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Tags: A+ Romantic Ideas · Adaptive Action · Choice · Communication · Divorce Prevention · Fixable Marriage · Goal Setting · Marriage Enrichment · Preparing for Uncertainty · Problem Solving Strategies · Relationship · Relationship patterns · Relationship Review · Reverse Stress · Rosy Relationship · Worst relationship fear

Relationship Time Out?

March 11th, 2010 · No Comments

  Giving the Gift of your Attention in 3 Steps   Think of all the requests for your time, attention, and focus. Do you give yours away, wasting this precious resource?  We all feel it – the constant demand for our attention, the feeling of not having enough time.  We risk feeling overloaded, distracted, or [...]

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Tags: A+ Romantic Ideas · Choice · Communication · Divorce Prevention · Goal Setting · Keep it Simple · Precious Resource · Problem Solving Strategies · Relationship · Relationship Review · Reverse Stress · Synergy & Focus

Romance Worries?

March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

Where do Relationships fall on the Worry-Meter? In a recently conducted LHJ.com poll, they found that 18% of readers worry about their relationship.  http://www.ladieshomejournal-digital.com/ladieshomejournal/200908?pg=47#pg47 Now maybe that doesn’t sound too earth-shattering. After all, 46% worry about their job. (Another good reason not to mix romance and work – it ups the worry-anti to 64%)!  But [...]

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Tags: Communication · Divorce Prevention · Goal Setting · Marriage Enrichment · Problem Solving Strategies · Relationship · Relationship Renewal · Relationship Review · Weekend Get-Aways

OLYMPIC CHALLENGE

February 24th, 2010 · No Comments

3 Challenges in the Relationship Olympics!  Watching the Olympics’ is always uplifting – you see such dedication and persistence — Such commitment to a particular goal.  And teamwork that is unparalleled.  Sounds perfect for the Relationship Olympics…Take the Challenge!

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Tags: Common Goal · Divorce Prevention · Effective Listening · Love Olympics · Marriage Enrichment · Persistence · Problem Solving Strategies · Relationship · Relationship mistakes · Synergy & Focus · Teamwork

Secret to an Unusual Date

January 15th, 2010 · No Comments

  Tell us YOUR romantically unusual  Dates!  Yes, this blog post is about the Secret to the Unusual Date, but in preparation for Valentines Day, we’d love to get some real life examples of your romantically unusual Valentine’s Day dates! Please email your Best or Worst unusual Valentine’s Date to  romance@outoftheboxdates.com. Your submission will remain [...]

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Tags: A+ Romantic Ideas · Dream Dates · Goal Setting · Key to the Heart · Magical Moments · Marriage Enrichment · Playful · Relationship · Relationship Renewal · Romantic Adventures · Romantic Gestures · Romantic Themed Dates · Secrets · Unexpected · Unique Dates · Unusual Dates

Can You K.I.S.S in 2010?

January 7th, 2010 · No Comments

Keeping It So Simple in your Relationship Planning for 2010! Sometimes inspiration comes from unexpected places. Can you get Relationship Planning ideas from Business planning? I have a friend who shared a blog/website about a company who helps understand human dynamics in business. While perusing a blog on Complicated versus Complex, it suddenly popped into [...]

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Tags: A+ Romantic Ideas · Communication · Complex vs Complicated · Divorce Prevention · Goal Setting · Goal statement · K.I.S.S · Keep it Simple · Marriage Enrichment · Problem Solving Strategies · Relationship · Relationship inventory · Relationship Renewal · Relationship Review · Romantic Challenge · Romantic Resolution

Blink of an Eye

December 30th, 2009 · No Comments

How are your Romantic Resolutions? Like any New Year’s Resolution you have made in your life, you’ve experienced the forcefulness in wishing to make the desired change work.  And you’ve experienced how it can be lost in the blink of an eye as you find a) real life gets in the way; b) negativity steps [...]

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Tags: A+ Romantic Ideas · Communication · Divorce Prevention · Goal Setting · Marriage Enrichment · Problem Solving Strategies · Relationship · Relationship inventory · Romantic Challenge · Romantic Resolution

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