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How To Be Awesome At Everything

82. How To Be Awesome At Arguing With Your Spouse

How To Be Awesome At Everything

Lindsay Dickhout

Business

4.6621 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Arguments are inevitable.  The difference is how you handle them.  In this episode, Lindsay is sharing everything she's learned about arguing with your spouse in the best way possible.

Here are some of the highlights:

❤️ Don't argue when someone is hot

❤️ Play nice - don't say things you don't mean

❤️ If you have a chip on your shoulder and something to bring up- do it at the right time

❤️ Pick your battles- don't pick every battle

❤️ Create a no yelling rule

❤️ Don't make the conversation too long

❤️ Make your points and move on

❤️ Don't argue in front of the kids or other people

❤️ Don't have serious discussions after booze- especially lots of it

❤️ Try to have self control and really pick the right time for it

❤️ Be transparent and say how you feel

❤️ Always be kind even if you're furious

Lots of great hacks in this one for arguing with your spouse in the best way possible!

Transcript

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0:00.0

I've been with my husband for 16 years, and I think we've really been arguing well for like three years.

0:05.6

So this episode is filled with just as many what not to do as it is with what to actually do.

0:11.9

I'm talking about picking your battles and knowing when to push and when to back down,

0:16.3

knowing when is the right time for the conversation and when to wait.

0:19.9

I am really big on having a zero

0:21.9

yelling household. You're always allowed to feel how you feel and be honest and express all the

0:26.6

things, but to me, there is never a reason to yell. It's not good energy. It takes things to the

0:32.0

next level and it's just not kind. And we love each other. Even when we are mid-fight, we should still make a commitment to be kind.

0:39.4

So that's what we're getting into today, how to actually argue with your spouse in a way that is

0:43.5

productive and kind and actually resolves it. Arguments are inevitable. The difference is how you handle them.

0:50.1

Today, I'm sharing everything I know about arguing with your spouse in the best way possible.

0:55.4

Let's go.

0:56.2

You're listening to the How to Be Awesome at Everything podcast, where we're obsessed with

1:01.4

life hacks that make your life more awesome.

1:04.5

Your host, Lindsay Dick Hout, is an entrepreneur and business owner, a mom and wife, and someone

1:10.1

who wants to do things over the top at all times.

1:13.4

This concept started as a collection of things Lindsay has learned that she was documenting to give to her kids one day.

1:19.2

And now it's a podcast.

1:20.9

Join us on this journey where we talk about how to be awesome at everything we do.

1:25.7

Here's Lindsay.

1:31.5

Today, we're talking about arguing with your spouse,

1:37.3

but in the best way possible. I know I keep doing these episodes that sound negative, but they're actually really positive. And I promise this is one of those episodes because

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