Welcome, I'm your host, Greg McEwan, and I am here with you on this journey to learn

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Have you ever had an ongoing disagreement with somebody that was perplexing for you?

Today I will share a simple story about misunderstanding, something counterintuitive I have learned

from it, and some actionable advice.

By the end of this episode you will be able to use the most important question in any

conversation, especially where misunderstanding is taking place.

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I have to be careful about how I share this story.

Ideally I would have Anna here on the podcast to be able to talk about it with me and maybe

we'll do that in the future to see her side of the story.

We've been married now 22 years, 23 this summer, and one of the themes that has popped

up from time to time is how we go about managing money, how we approach our financial meetings.

Our differences in temperament mean that we approach almost everything differently,

and appreciating those differences has been key in being able to build what I think at

least is an extremely winning team, nevertheless there are so many instances in which Anna will

see something one way, and I will see it another.

Or more precisely, there are ways in which we may use the same words to mean something

different, an example in point, financial meetings.

Now there's actually quite a lot to unpack there, but from the earliest days of our marriage,

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