Hi Reader, Last week, one of the men in my private community (we’ll call him Dan) shared a story that will dramatically improve your marriage. Here’s what happened … Dan is chillin’ with his family when his cell phone rings. It’s their next-door neighbor. During the course of the phone call, Dan is gracious, kind, patient, and attentive. Like he’s filming a telephone etiquette video for Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People. The call ends and Dan’s wife — stunned by the...

Hi Reader, When you think of your marriage, it’s unlikely your mind goes to the second law of thermodynamics (or law of entropy), but it needs to. Otherwise, you risk losing the people you love most. In physics, the law of entropy says that all systems, left unattended, will run down. Unless new energy is pumped in, the organism will disintegrate. Entropy is at work in many areas other than physics. I see it, for instance, when I work with couples whose marriages are in trouble. A marriage...

Hi Reader, Half of all marriages end in divorce. Whatever. I get it. It doesn’t faze me either. But imagine if I invited you to go rock climbing or bungee jumping and said: “We’ll be fine. The death rate is only 50%.” 🤯 That’s marriage. Your marriage. It’s why every husband needs to read this week’s excerpt from my online course. Although it’s aimed at the guy whose wife is shut down, there’s caution and hard-won wisdom here for every man who wants to stand as Guardian and Protector over his...