Comments on: How a White Board and a Dry Erase Marker Can Strengthen Your Marriage

By: Today Is That Day | Self Improvement and Law of Attraction Link Love, Volume 8

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:42:52 +0000

[...] will recognize the fact that both participants need to be on the same sheet of music. In How a White Board and a Dry Erase Marker Can Strengthen Your Marriage, Steve details a method for doing that, using his own relationship as a real-world [...]

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 10 May 2007 03:33:09 +0000

Hi Steve,
I read think kind of topic discuss in many blog, but how you solve the problem is great.
For me, I don’t really want to create very specific goal just like you write “building a dream home on 400 acres of prime pheasant hunting land in South Dakota”, I just make it simple by saying I want financial freedom. So I don’t think it will make problem with my spouse.

By: Tiat Leong

Tiat Leong — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:21:38 +0000

Hi Steve

Thanks for sharing. It’s certainly helpful! Will apply what you’ve shared with my wife and my family as well!

It’s indeed very important for husbands and wives to be aligned.

Warm regards
Tiat
Live life to the fullest, http://www.AbundanceLaw.com

By: Self Improvement and Law of Attraction Link Love, Volume 8 : Today is that Day

Self Improvement and Law of Attraction Link Love, Volume 8 : Today is that Day — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 10:13:33 +0000

[...] 5) Steve Olson – Anyone who has ever been married or in a long-term domestic partnership will recognize the fact that both participants need to be on the same sheet of music. In How a White Board and a Dry Erase Marker Can Strengthen Your Marriage, Steve details a method for doing that, using his own relationship as a real-world example. [...]

By: mutlu

mutlu — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:53:56 +0000

Around six years ago I suddenly understood how future had to be planned. Just as you say, one has to determine a goal in the future and then come to present step by step to figure out when, where and how they have to be in coming years to achieve that goal. I only thought about it for planning just one person’s future. But what I get from your article is that it can be done in marriages too!!

And about your answer to Peter, I have never thought of marriage as just one more big experience, like a holiday you take to some unknown country. Thanks for opening my eyes to new experiences. ^.^

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:15:19 +0000

That was an excellent post!! Wow! That is a very useful tool for marriage. I guess it is time to hatch out our goals together. Thanks.

Amanda

http://thetimemastery.com

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:56:58 +0000

Peter,

I would have said the same thing 20 years ago.

But I have to say…
Marriage and compromise have been one of the finest experiences in my life.

Besides if you want kids…
It is nice to have thier mother around to help out.

By: peter

peter — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:46:24 +0000

Excellent reasons for not getting married in the first place.

By: Nneka

Nneka — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:47:38 +0000

Great post Steve! My husband and I did that for a business plan. I would say that the prerequisite is honesty. Sometimes people agree to things in a compromise that they really don’t want or are not willing to do the work to get. That just leads to severe problems down the road.

And yes, I’m speaking from experience. Not a pretty sight.

In Spirit,
Nneka

By: Edmund

Edmund — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:18:59 +0000

Currently, the Navy owns my wife’s (and therefore indirectly my) whiteboard and dry erase markers. I still like your approach though, and I’m glad it has strengthened your marriage.

I’ll bookmark it for when my wife is free of the military in 3 years.