World No.1 Divorce Lawyer: This Is A Sign You’ll Divorce In 10 Years!

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Business, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Do you want to know why your relationship keeps failing? Divorce Lawyer James Sexton discusses relationship advice, the impact of AI on love, communication skills, why prenups are rising, and why people stay in toxic cycles! James Sexton is America's top divorce lawyer with over 2 decades of experience in divorce and family law. He is the founder of a private law firm, and bestselling author of books such as, 'How to Stay in Love' and 'If You're in My Office, It's Already Too Late'. He explains: ▪️The "yours, mine, ours" framework for a fair prenuptial agreement ▪️How AI companions and algorithms are quietly destroying human intimacy ▪️Why social media has become the ultimate infidelity-generating machine ▪️The 1 communication exercise involving a monk that saves marriages ▪️The "seven-year spike" that triggers automatic asset sharing 00:00 Intro 02:47 How to Avoid Ending Up in Divorce 06:28 When to Give a Relationship a Second Chance And When Not To 10:50 Why Prioritizing Your Partner Can Save Your Relationship 25:36 What Signals the Start of a Fading Relationship 30:47 What to Do When the Relationship Starts to Fall Apart 41:07 The Powerful Ritual Every Couple Should Practice 49:51 How Your Childhood Shapes the Way You Love 51:47 The Real Reason Relationships Fail And How to Stop It 58:30 Can Independent People Truly Find Lasting Love? 1:08:54 Are You Focused on the Wrong Things in Your Relationship? 1:13:54 How Addiction Blocks You From Feeling Love 1:15:00 Why You Shouldn’t Give Up on Love Even If It Hurts 1:20:36 Do Prenups Actually Make Marriages Stronger? 1:21:46 I'm Scared to Ask for a Prenup, Here’s What to Do 1:23:58 True Divorce Stories You Won’t Believe 1:29:37 Why a Prenup Might Be the Healthiest Choice for Your Marriage 1:44:01 Should You Get a Prenup for Your Pets? 1:47:31 Is Divorce Really Becoming More Common? 1:52:58 The #1 Mistake Couples Make After Marriage 1:56:44 Why Authenticity Is the Most Attractive Trait in Love Enjoyed the episode? Share this link and earn points for every referral - redeem them for exclusive prizes: https://doac-perks.com Follow James: Instagram - https://linkly.link/2a6EF X - https://linkly.link/2a6EH YouTube - https://linkly.link/2a6EZ Website - https://linkly.link/2a6EL You can purchase James’ book, ‘How Not to F*ck Up Your Marriage: Straight talk from a divorce lawyer who’s seen it all’, here: https://linkly.link/2a6EQ The Diary Of A CEO: ◼️Join DOAC circle here - https://doaccircle.com/ ◼️Buy The Diary Of A CEO book here - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook ◼️The 1% Diary is back - limited time only: https://bit.ly/3YFbJbt ◼️The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards (Second Edition): https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb ◼️Get email updates - https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt ◼️Follow Steven - https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: Stan: Join Stan’s Dare to Post 30-day Challenge. Post one video per day for 30 days. Finish the challenge and split $100,000. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. For Official Rules, visit https://DaretoDream.stan.store Pipedrive - https://pipedrive.com/CEO Apple Card - https://Apple.co/get-daily-cash Apple Card issued by Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Salt Lake City Branch. Offer may not be available everywhere. Terms and limitations apply.

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0:00.0	One thing I've learned from interviewing a lot of founders and building companies myself is that
0:03.5	trust is the real currency of business. It's the thing that gets customers to buy, partners to say yes,
0:08.5	and investors to back you. But as you grow, trust stops being just a feeling and becomes something
0:13.1	you have to prove. Because the bigger you get, the more exposed you are, customer data,
0:17.4	security expectations, regulations, all of it. And the risk of one small mistake
0:21.1	becomes incredibly significant. And if you've ever tried to scale while keeping on top of all of that,
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0:49.9	vanta.com.com slash diary. If you had to give one relationship ritual to stay in love, what would that be? Once a week, tell your partner three things that you love about them and three things they could have done better. But some people thinking, well, if I told Dave that we're going to start writing these notes to each other, he's going to cringe and not going to do it. Bullshit. Honestly, Dave can't name three things he likes about you? Really, Dave? Is that a big ask? I absolutely call bullshit on that. The bigger question is, what's uncomfortable about that for you? And look, I'm not a therapist. I'm a divorce lawyer. I represent some of the most high-achieving minds, athletes, entrepreneurs, and they're just as bad at this as anybody. Because there's a part of us that's afraid to poke at,
1:30.3	what do you love about me?
1:32.3	What am I getting wrong?
1:33.3	And it's not just romantic relationships.
1:36.3	Like, my mom died 10 years ago after a long battle with cancer.
1:42.3	There was a lot between us that needed to be said and wasn't said.
1:49.5	And there's a part of me that wishes she was here
1:51.7	so that I could have apologized for some things that I got wrong.
1:57.4	We don't do that.
1:58.7	Because people just don't want temporary discomfort.
2:02.6	And so I think there's something deeply courageous about love, about commitment, about saying,
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