The Surprising Difference Between Divorced People and Married People - Mark Manson - #466
The Jayson Gaddis Podcast
Jayson Gaddis
4.7 • 999 Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
What can you learn from divorced people and what can you learn from people who have been married for a decade or two? What are the main differences? There are two and we cover them in this episode with author Mark Manson. We also explore how Mark navigated a big challenge with his now wife and why self-improvement and self-awareness are so essential to long-term partnership.
Timestamps:
- 1:03 - Episode introduction
- 4:36 - Mark Manson's backstory
- 8:52 - Common issues and challenges
- 10:42 - Healthy boundaries
- 15:28 - How important is it for couples to have friends outside their relationship?
- 17:13 - Challenges in marriage and how to get through them
- 26:04 - Is respect more important than communication?
- 31:17 - How school ill prepares us for life
- 33:57 - What can we learn from people who have been divorced?
- 36:50 - Cultivating self-awareness
- 40:38 - Mark's preferred methods of introspection
- 42:54 - The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
- 46:24 - Action Steps
Links:
- Mark Manson's website
- Masterclass Library
- Enroll in Relationship Mastery
- Order Jayson's book: Getting to Zero
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| 0:00.0 | Hey listeners, welcome to the relationship school podcast. |
| 0:02.8 | Thanks for tuning into the show. |
| 0:04.4 | This week's episode is a re-release of an older episode that our |
| 0:06.8 | listeners loved. |
| 0:07.8 | We hope you dig it. |
| 0:09.2 | My first girlfriend ended up cheating on me and leaving me, |
| 0:11.6 | so I was like very broken up and confused you know I kind of went through one of those experiences that I think a lot of people go through where it's like wow |
| 0:17.9 | everything I thought I knew about love and relationships is apparently wrong. Jason Gatis here. Welcome to the Relationships School Podcast. This show focuses on |
| 0:33.9 | human behavior, psychology, and relationships. It's for people who are into growth in |
| 0:37.8 | development. It's for people who wrestle with the paradox of self-acceptance and |
| 0:41.8 | self-mastery. If you want to gain more self-awareness, |
| 0:45.4 | have a better relationship with yourself and more fulfilling relationships with |
| 0:48.5 | others, this show is for you. It's my belief and my experience that your life satisfaction, your health and |
| 0:55.0 | well-being and your longevity will be determined by how much confidence you have in your |
| 0:59.3 | most important relationships including the one with yourself. In this episode I interview Mark in this |
| 1:03.0 | important, |
| 1:04.0 | episode I interview Mark Manson, |
| 1:06.0 | who's a new friend of mine and author. |
| 1:09.0 | He's got a New York Times best-selling book out right now |
| 1:12.0 | called The Subtle Art of not giving a fuck. |
| 1:14.3 | We talk about that in this episode and why that pertains to relationships. |
| 1:18.1 | And if you read it, it's got some good chapters on relationship. |
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