Summer has a particular impact on us; the work-pace lessens, the days lengthen, and there is a sudden inclination to take the easy path. Hard seems inconvenient and unappealing, but the choices we make daily in seeking easy and avoiding hard can be a massive missed opportunity. Perceived inconvenience is a mask for fear on one hand or sacrifice in the other. Learning about anything requires deep, challenging, and sustained thought and mental effort.

Today I discuss why hard is better than easy in marriage, parenting, careers, friendship, and citizenship. I discuss the role of open communication and honesty in marriage and why both parties need to be seekers of the truth. I share how alignment is essential for effective parenting and taking on the role of an educator. I discuss what it takes to be a good manager and commit yourself to developing your team and the steps you should take to become a good citizen. I also share what it means to be a real friend and the actions you can take to become a real friend to others.

“Easy doesn’t solve the problem. Taking the easy route makes the whole thing harder.” - Chris Colbert

This week on Insert:Human

• Why creating a marriage is hard, requiring two people to collaborate, live together, and align their views
• Why honest communication requires courage and constant compromise requires sacrifice
• How to bridge real understanding through truth
• How two seekers, being curious about who they are and what they want to be, can be the foundation for marital success
• Why you need to embrace your role as teachers when parenting a child
• The hard conversations you need to have as a parent to find developmental agreement and clarity of intention
• Why intimacy with yourself, your family, your friends, and strangers is hard
• The easy and hard choices for managers and how to be a great manager
• What it means to be a good citizen and the work you will need to do
• How to be a real friend, give without expectation of return, and show interest in their truth

Resources Mentioned:

• 009 | WHY WE IS BETTER THAN ME

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