Dr. Bing comments on a recent report that at least one NFL team interviews the players’s wives when recruiting new players. The reason? Players with happy home lives play better football! No surprise there!

Successful Marriages–Successful Lives

Part Five: Improving Your Relationship: Dale Carnegie on Marriage: Fun
Dr. Wall continues his series about lessons on marriage from Dale Carnegie’s business classic, How to Win Friends and Influence People, by encouraging us to have a little fun, already.

Part One On Improving Your Relationship: Dale Carnegie’s Marital Advice: Avoid Criticizing Others
In this first blog in a series Dr. Wall revisits an old classic by Dale Carnegie and uncovers some excellent marital advice for us today. Carnegie’s first pointer: Avoid criticizing others.

Two Philosophies, Two Marriage Trajectories
Congratulations to Dr. Wall. Today’s blog marks the 205th blog since he started posting two years ago! In this blog Dr. Wall exposes how one philosophy of life destroys marriages and the other invigorates them. Which path are you on?

It Only Takes One Person To Change the Marriage?
Michele Weiner Davis, marriage expert out of Boulder, Colorado and divorcebusting.com, suggests it only takes one person to change the marriage. It may as well be you!

Part Four on Money and Marriage: Accountability in Marriage – Save Me from My Stupidity…Please!
Dr. Wall looks at wealth building among married people verses divorced, single, and cohabiting people and finds married people do much better over their lifetimes. He suggests the the missing ingredient is accountability.

A Primer On Parenting Ground Rules
Dr. Wall discusses how parenting can be a rough area for married couples to navigate. He offers a few Ground Rules to keep in mind.

An Open Letter To My Son, Brandon, and His Lovely Wife, Philly On The Birth Of Their Second Child, Lydia Sue Renee
Dr. Wall uses the occasion of the birth of his son new daughter two days ago in Cambridge, England, to discuss surviving marriage with two children.

Congratulations to Dr. and Mrs. Bing Wall On Your 35th Wedding Anniversary!
On Dr. Wall’s 35th Wedding Anniversary (June 21, 1975, Willmar, Minnesota at First Baptist Church) Dr. Wall shares a few thoughts.

Part Five On Communication: Solve Your Problems and Improve the Relationship Or?
In this fifth blog in a series on communication Dr. Wall piggybacks on a cartoon by his son, Marty, on the importance in marriage of being able to work through your problems. For Part One in the series click here. For Part Two click here. For Part Three click here. For Part Four click here.







