Book 5

“Make Relationships Work”

“T h e S c i e n c e o f “L I F E M e e t i n g s ”b y B r i a n M o rg a n

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Foreword:
One of the most important things in our lives is our relationships with other
people, especially our spouse (or partner). Without many words I will outline for
you and your spouse one very easy and simple method to increase the depth
and importance of your personal relationships. Relationships revolve around this
one word “communication”. Without it we fail to trust each other enough, and
with it we somehow grow to know each other better and better. So if this book is
about anything, it’s about “communication” and how to make it happen for you
and your spouse. Enjoy this short and helpful article.
All the best Brian Morgan 11/12/2004

The #1 first goal in taking a vacation should be arriving at the same destination.
If you board a plane to Alaska and your spouse hops on a plane for Colorado,
well, you’ll not see much of each other. That’s how I view relationships and
communications ability to get both people traveling the same direction. So
traveling is a great analogy. Communication, you will learn, can make your life
much more rewarding for both parties.

A Life Meeting is a very simple event. It normally should last a minimum of 1

hour and a maximum of 2 hours. They should happen each and every week.
And they should be very important to you and your spouse. Given that, what is
a Life Meeting?

A life meeting is a 1-2 hour meeting that you have for you and your spouse,
each and every week. Every week. It’s your weekly “check up” on your life with
your partner. Here is what they should compose.

1. Set aside 1-2 hours each week to have a Life Meeting.

2. Both parties must take notes in a journal or notebook.
3. The first part of the meeting is ‘jotting down topics to discuss’, both partners
are given 5-10 minutes to write out 5-10 important topics that they’d like to
discuss.
4. After having your topics you’ll need a clock to time your discussions. Each
person will get equal ‘floor-time’ to talk about their top topics.
5. Next person “A” starts the discussion with a 5 minute opening of the first
important topic on his/her list.
6. After the first 5 minutes, then the partner “B” gets 5 minutes to respond to
person “A” and their initial topic.
7. Next person “B” talks for 5 minutes about their top topic, and person “A” is then
given 5 minutes to respond.
8. While one person talks the other is to remain listening and not talk, just
observing and taking notes.
9. So person “A” starts, person “B” responds, and then it starts all over again.
10. After each person has talked through their topics (limited to the length of time
you have) at the end of the meeting you both talk and open the floor for group
discussion about all the topics talked about, and a plan of action for each
one of these topics for the upcoming week is discussed.

“Life Meetings” Article by Brian Morgan ©2004

Brian Morgan

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