Author: Marko

“Habits to feel good. One step at a time.”
A happy marriage and fulfilling relationship are not magic. However, the feeling when you’re living it IS magical. That said, true success happens when you take action on a daily basis. Therefore, love is an act of DOING, not having.
In his books, Marko provides daily action plans for the most important area of your life—your personal relationships. Unlike other personal development guides, his content focuses on taking action. So instead of reading over-hyped strategies and tactics that rarely work in the real world, you’ll get practical and down-to-earth advice that can be immediately implemented and will pass the BS detector. Marko is also the father of two boys. He would like to consider himself a kickass husband and father, but he still screws up every now and then. When this happens, he says to himself, “Tomorrow, I'll do better,” and sees those everyday family challenges as inspiration for his own work.
Learn more by scrolling down the page and discover how you can start making your own magic, right now.

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How to Negotiate With Your Spouse For a Win-Win

How to negotiate with your spouse for a win-win

It’s often said that marriage is about sacrifice and compromise. That doesn’t sound so great, does it? The reality is, though, that in much of your marriage, you will be in constant agreement to do something, one way or another, with more than a large gray area in between.

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This can be anything from picking where to go out for dinner, to where you will go on vacation this year, and similar things. Or it can mean more serious decisions, like moving across the country because your partner got a promotion, and now you have to leave your friends and family behind. Agreeing to do something, when done properly, can enhance a feeling of connection and harmony, while the opposite leads to frustration, anger, depression, and all sorts of really toxic behaviors.

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3 Steps to Preventing a Meltdown During Conflict

How to stop making fights worse

Imagine you want to talk with your spouse in the middle of a tornado. Debris is flying around, you are shouting, your spouse is shouting, the wind is roaring. You can’t hear each other. Nice setting to have a talk, right?

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Now, imagine you decide to get out of the way of the tornado. You simply wait for it to pass. Then, you invite your spouse to sit with you on the porch, have a drink, and talk. Which way would you prefer? I mean, if you’re not an obsessive adrenaline junkie, the answer is clear. This post is about how to avoid getting to a point when all you hear is roaring and things get really nasty. That’s when feelings get hurt.

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How to Receive Complaints and Criticism Gracefully

Say you bought something in a store and it doesn’t work. You call the company’s customer support. Whether you are right or wrong, two scenarios can unfold.

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In the first scenario the customer support representative goes into defence mode. Without even knowing the details, they start implying it’s your fault, making you feel like an idiot. In the process, they’re making you angrier by the second. In fact, they are making you feel sorry you bought their product in the first place.

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How to Calmly Resolve Any Disagreement

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Do you have disagreements with your spouse? If you do, congratulations! That means your relationship is alive and kicking. All happy couples have conflicts. If you didn’t have any, I’d be worried for you. That’s because when you don’t care enough to disagree, your relationship may just as well be dead.

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In this post you’re going to learn how to express disagreement in a structured and non-threatening way. If you can handle complaints (and even criticism) without feeling attacked, you can turn any disagreement into a connecting exercise that only makes your relationship stronger.

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How to Start a Difficult Conversation

5 Tips to Starting a Difficult Conversation That You Are Dreading

Imagine you’re a small business owner. A difficult issue comes up and it involves one of your most valuable customers. You know each other for years and they’ve been there in the good times and the bad times.

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But something has come up and you need to have a sincere talk with them. So you pick up the phone. Then what?

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The Best Way to Get What You Want in Your Marriage and Beyond

Get What You Want Without Complaining

Have you ever been on a diet? Has it ever happened that while you were going toward the fridge, you were telling yourself, “I shouldn’t eat that cake, I really shouldn’t.”

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Then your hand somehow got into the fridge. You actually saw it going in there! You grabbed the plate with the cake, took it out, and ate it. What happened?

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6 Ways Your Subconscious is Affecting Your Marriage Right Now

Why is your spouse not listening to you

Do you sometimes you wish your spouse would just listen? But they don’t. They won’t. What’s wrong with them? Why can’t they understand what you’re saying?

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No, you’re not speaking Martian. Your spouse hears what you’re saying just fine. But they don’t listen. In this post you’re going to learn 6 surprising facts about the particular part of your brain that literally prevents them from listening to you.

Specifically, we’re going to talk about a tiny, almond-shaped part of your brain. It’s extremely powerful and it can literally save your life! Uncontrolled though, it can leave deep scars in your relationship, and your marriage. For life.

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Are You Hypnotizing Your Spouse Without Them Knowing?

Effects of constant criticism

I bet you can be a pretty good hypnotist. How do I know?

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If you’ve ever complained to your loved one about what they did (or didn’t do), chances are you were hypnotizing them to do more of the same. Here’s why.

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How to Disagree Without Inviting Resentment

How to Disagree With Your Spouse

Have you ever met someone who just seemed to end your every thought with “but?” It starts to get annoying, right? It feels like nothing you say is valid, because they know better.

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It seems that in our society every other sentence contains the word ‘but’. The other person says something, and we soon follow with a big ‘but.’ Beware, though. ‘But’ is a little word with big consequences.

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How to Know What Your Spouse Really Thinks

How to be a good listener in marriage

Great listeners listen to understand. Lousy ones listen to reply. Here’s another truth. Great listeners also know how to ask so they get a meaningful answer.

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In this post you’ll discover how to formulate your questions the right way so you will be able to get your spouse to open up—no matter how distant they feel.

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