This is Steveer Robbins. Welcome to the Get It Done guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Bernice runs the green growing things plant shop, and her husband to be fiancé Melvin works as the

IT guy there. They have it made. They can be schmupies at home and co-workers at the store.

Well, except recently, work has been following

them home. Melvin has a computer problem that he doesn't want to bring up because it might

make Bernice mad. Bernice, on the other hand, doesn't want Melvin to know about the cash

shortfalls or the recent canceled orders. She suspects the computer system screwed up the orders,

and it might be Melvin's fault. After all, every

time she looks over at him at work, she sees him playing video games, not testing his software.

Tonight, they snuggle in for an episode of their favorite show, but there's something that's

just off. Even Buffy's Taekwondo take-down of a cemetery full of vampires isn't quite enough to relax them.

Working with our friends and family can be a blast, but business can introduce business worries,

and then work tensions can hurt friendship.

To keep your friendship strong, even when business problems intrude,

make sure you have a way to catch and resolve problems early.

Do this by checking in regularly and make sure that everything is okay with the other person.

And there's one magical check-in that will help you keep your relationship on solid ground.

You just play MadLibs. You play Complete the Sentence.

Now, you could check in with each other by asking,

What's Wrong?, What's wrong?

But what's wrong sets up a negative conversation.

It could veer off into blame, anguish, and years of couples therapy.

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