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The Secret To Success with CJ, Karl, Jemal & Eric Thomas

488 - 💥 The Awkward Talk Every Couple MUST Have (Before It’s Too Late!)

The Secret To Success with CJ, Karl, Jemal & Eric Thomas

S2S podcast

Business, Health & Fitness, Education, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement

4.96.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

This week on the Secret to Success Podcast, the crew dives into a raw, awkward, but absolutely necessary conversation: what happens when your partner stops trying? One listener asks, “Do I tell my wife she never dresses up anymore… or stay quiet to keep the peace?” CJ, ET, Karl, and Jemal open up the uncomfortable truth about relationship expectations, unmet needs, and why most couples are too scared to say what they really want. From misaligned visions to silent resentment, they break down why failing to communicate can slowly destroy even the best marriages. If you’re married, dating, or want a healthy relationship, this episode will challenge you hard and give you real steps to fix things — before you lose what you’ve built. 🚨 Don’t miss this one — your relationship might depend on it. 💍 Ready to celebrate your love instead of always saving someone else’s? Visit ForeverForwardMarriage.com to join the movement. — 🎤 Also, don’t miss the Next Level Speakers Conference: June 7-9, Atlanta | Featuring Lisa Nichols + Eric Thomas on the same stage for the first time ever! 👉 NextLevelSpeakersConference.com 🛎️ Join our Patreon for exclusive lives, behind-the-scenes content, and early access: ⁠http://patreon.com/S2SPodcast120⁠ 👉 Follow us on Instagram: @s2spodcast 👉 Subscribe on YouTube: S2S Podcast Channel

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0:00.0

I would say, man, first off, sit down with your spouse.

0:03.3

That was something I did early on with Camille.

0:05.7

We sat down and a lot of times, and I was guilty of this in the beginning.

0:10.3

As a man, I just kind of created the vision.

0:12.4

I read the Bible said, create the vision and make it plain.

0:14.9

And I just thought my wife was supposed to support and follow that vision that I created without including her in that vision. I thought because

0:21.0

everything that I was doing in the vision was for her, but I didn't ask, what's your vision?

0:25.0

What is it that you want in life? What does, what does bliss look like for you? What does retirement

0:30.6

look like for you? And then once she was able to tell me and verbalize that to me, then I was

0:35.0

able to incorporate that into the vision.

0:37.5

Now everything, and it made it easy where she was able to support my vision because the

0:41.6

vision I had now was for the both of us.

0:43.7

It was for all of us.

0:44.7

If something is for the both of us, then it's for all of us.

0:47.0

Because now she's in a position now where she's able to be 100% for the children.

0:53.1

She's able to be 100% for me because. She's able to be 100% for me

0:54.6

because I'm working towards the vision that we both have.

0:58.3

So I think that's the big thing.

0:59.5

You start early on in your marriage.

1:01.5

Literally, man, it's a difference

1:03.1

when the two of y'all are working towards something

1:05.7

and both of y'all agree to that. read of that that Secret to Success Podcast, baby.

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