Ep 23: A Favorite Bit of Marriage Advice
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Hilary Rushford
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2019
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
The secret word I try to say more often in my marriage. (One of the best pieces of relationship advice I got years ago when I was single.)
It applies to parenting, friendship, and work.
This is a different kind of 80/20 rule, y’all.
To more joy and less overwhelm…
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| 0:00.0 | By golly it's Wednesday |
| 0:02.0 | You're welcome. |
| 0:07.0 | What was that? |
| 0:08.0 | You're welcome. |
| 0:09.0 | With Hillary Rushford. |
| 0:11.0 | Say it again. |
| 0:12.0 | You're welcome. In advance. |
| 0:14.0 | There's one word I want to encourage you to say more often around the right people. |
| 0:20.0 | And it's the opposite of what we're told. We're encouraged these days to say no more |
| 0:26.9 | often, but I want you to say yes. As a newlywed, it's one of the best pieces of marriage advice I was given, |
| 0:34.2 | and I think it makes friendships, families, and work environments better. |
| 0:38.8 | So we're often encouraged to say no to more volunteering, doing things we don't really want to do, overcommitting, |
| 0:46.2 | spreading ourselves too thin, and I am so here for that. Say no to the 80% of |
| 0:52.0 | things you don't really love and value. |
| 0:55.0 | Back in episode one, I mentioned an ex-boyfriend, |
| 0:58.0 | and while he wasn't the best guy to date, |
| 1:01.0 | he did have really wise friends. |
| 1:03.6 | And there was a couple that he really admired their marriage |
| 1:06.8 | and he had asked the guy, what's your best piece of advice? |
| 1:10.3 | And he said, say yes to each other as often as possible. |
| 1:14.0 | Hey babe will you pick up the dry cleaning on your way home? |
| 1:17.0 | Yep. Can we go see my parents over the summer? |
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