Here’s the first takeaway, because that’s the whole point: couples who make it to forty years together aren’t usually the ones who blow the spark or learn to “communicate” from every fight. They are often good at getting a little…
You probably remember the day you left home as a start. The car passed the meaningful point, the screw you kept a little short because you were impatient to start. The road opens before you. What you don’t realize is…
In the early 1950s, the first bowling alleys in America began to run without an unbent pin boy behind the lanes. The AIF’s automatic pinspotter arrived, and within a few years the machine had quietly retired one of the most…
“Whoever looks into the mirror of water sees his own face first. Whoever goes to himself risks conflict with himself. The mirror does not flatter, it faithfully shows everything that looks at it.” – Carl Jung Carl Jung wrote this…
I’ve noticed that the things people refuse to throw away are almost never valuable. This is the “trash” box – a bent key, a scratched disc, a flattened tin – someone will dig out of the moving box and pass…
Most articles are written for one person. It’s written for two people and works best if you read it together – read it side by side on the couch, or have one of you read it out loud, or just…
Imagine the room from old photos. Wooden panels on the walls. A sofa with a cushion is stored under a “good” plastic cover. Gold appliances in the kitchen, a heavy receiver attached to the wall with a coiled cord, and…
The pitch was simple and it hit the spot because it was right in the ways that mattered most at the time. Every time Twitter changed the algorithm, it messed up the relationship with the audience. Facebook stopped delivering content…
You can usually get this person out of the room, even if you can’t tell how. They are unusually stable. They see the empty glass before you. They still have a plan for something that hasn’t gone wrong. Speaking is…
Imagine the person everyone texts when something goes wrong. A colleague who stays late without being asked. A friend who quietly organizes the funeral. A growing girl who manages her parents’ paperwork before anyone else, she has to deal with…
