Shared Passionate Mission, Vision, and/or Goals
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Additional Information for Chapter 2, page 16
The issue of shared passionate mission, vision, or goals is addressed in two places in The Compatibility Code. First, the topic is overviewed in Chapter 2 dealing with basic components of an excellent marriage. Then the final chapter (Chapter 12) concludes with a further discussion of shared passionate Mission/Vision/Goals and provides examples of some of the most celebrated marriages in history.
Throughout this conversation, we will just use the single word “goal” to include mission and/or vision.
Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar has stated that when one has a passionate goal the difficulties of life are more like pebbles on the beach than major barriers. The reverse is implied by this statement: Without a passionate goal, many of life’s trivial difficulties may seem insurmountable. Because of that, we think that shared goals is on of the strongest contibutors to a great relationship.
The application to marital success is straightforward: With passionate goals, the day-to-day challenges that all marriages experience seem trivial compared to the mutual pursuit and accomplishment of the goal. Because problems are dwarfed compared to the importance of the goal, they are much more likely to be viewed as issues to be resolved rather than serious relationship threats.
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