Welcome, Welcome, Welcome! I'm so excited you're here! Today is where we start and just like soldiers go off to fight in battle, you are doing the same in your marriage. However, you're not fighting each other. No! No! No! You're fighting life, lemons and all the world throws at you AS A UNIT, a team, as partners. Here's where people get lost though. Have you ever gotten a piece of furniture from IKEA, Amazon or especially Temu and assembly is required but the directions are not in a language you can read, not complete, or worse yet- not even in the box? How'd that work out for ya? If you're anything like us, probably not very well. You're doing it the way you think. Your spouse is doing something else entirely and the kids are doing flips off the couch in the background. It ends in chaos, confusion and a lot of conflict. What if soldiers went into battle with no leadership, no instructions, no mission? Most people get married the same way. We spend all this time planning a wedding but did we ever stop to discuss the mission? 10/10 couples who come to me for coaching haven't. It's the blind leading the blind and hoping you get...wherever you're going but nobody's ever really stopped to say where that is exactly. See the issue? Today's challenge is going to rectify that. If you and your spouse don't know where you're going, how are you going to get there? If you aren't sure why, out of the 9 billion people on this planet, you two were put together, what's your purpose? How do you expect to move as a team? Tonight, I want you and your spouse to take 20 minutes without distraction to sit down and write out a mission for your marriage. Keep in mind a few things: 1. Men see macro, big picture. Women see micro, details. Use those strengths to answer the following questions. Use those answers to write your mission. In this conversation, listen more than you talk. Listen to understand your partner, not to get them to come over to your side or prove why you're right. Understanding and combining thoughts, wants, needs and feelings are most important here.