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April 4, 2025
Modal Reasoning in Relationships
April 10, 2025I was out on a walk the other day, when this idea occurred to me. It came to me while I was listening to a random podcast when one of the speakers made an obscure reference to the Hitchhikers Guide. The reference was related to the Point of View Gun, a gun that when fired, the target sees things from the point of view of the weapon’s holder. That got me thinking about how I could create a Point of View Gun of my own to share this valuable information. I conjured up a “crib notes” version of Hard Married. Here goes:
Life occurs as Be, Do, Have. Because it begins with BEING, that is the place to begin the crib notes conversation. The context is that the beingness you adopt guides your actions and if course, being in action produces outcomes that allow you to have what you intended. So the crib notes begin with BEING.
Be Integral: Do what you said you would do, do it correctly and do it on time!
Be Authentic. The closer you are to being your authentic self, the closer you are to finding the path to relationship happiness.
Be Responsible: Do the right things over and over again.
Be Adventurous: You learn best by discovery, so go discover things.
Be Committed: Don’t get derailed by setbacks
Be Enrolling. Share the excitement you have with your partner.
Be Present: Pro tip – this is the secret sauce.
If you were to focus on just these seven ways of being, its inevitable that the actions you take will align with your ways of being. That alignment will massively increase your chances of creating a fantastic relationship. The odds just went up 10 notches.
Remember, “love” is a verb. It’s an action word. If you were to be in action as an integral, authentic, responsible, committed, adventurous, enrolling and present lover, your partner will be receiving one loving act after another ongoingly. I predict they will swoon!
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