What sets the greatest of all time apart from the rest of the pack?  Commitment!  An unwavering dedication to being the best and bringing out the best in the team.  There are alot of people with talent, education, training and experience.  But, without a laser focus and resolve to achieve the team goals, we cannot be the greatest!  Learn how  commitment is the #1 Key to the Greatest Marriages of All Time!

Learn how the Time Out can literally shift the momentum in both sports and in your marriage.  The 4 R's of the Time Out (Relieve, Re-Think, Return, Re-Engage will prevent you from making that intentional, personal foul and help your team successfully resolve conflict in the most pressure packed, heated situations.

Chemistry is crucial for the Greatest Teams of All Time!  Think about the greatest basketball dynasties.  They put the right combination of players and coaches together to build a cohesive unit that dominated their sport at the highest level, i.e. the Lakers and Celtics of the 80's ,the Bulls of the 90's, the Lakers and Spurs of the 2000's and the Warriors of the 10's, etc.  Life was not smooth sailing for these dynasties.  They had challenges to overcome, but the ingredients were  in place for a legendary run.  In marriage, you have to build and develop chemistry in three key areas, physical, mental and emotional.  The more you develop and blend these ingredients, you will build the Greatest Marriage!

Communication is the thread that connects all of the other components to the TLC2 model for building the Greatest Marriage of All Time.  This episode will introduce you to some important tools to help improve your communication with your own teammate.  Learn the importance of Daily Huddles, Weekly Team Meetings, Time Outs, and Players Only Meetings!  This quick review will get you started and other episodes will delve into these ideas in greater detail.

How committed are you to your relationship?  The G.O.A.T.S in sports are not one hit wonders!  They demonstrated their excellence over years and decades.  You cannot call your own marriage the greatest of all time if you cannot endure the trials, the challenges and the obstacles of life.  They keys to long lasting excellence in marriage are things like dedication, loyalty and forgiveness.   We will explore these ideas and more as we continue introducing the TLC2 model.

Teamwork and building a Team First Mentality is the first key to building the Greatest Marriage of All Time.  When have you ever heard the greatest players of all time step to the podium and say, "I did this on my own!  The other jokers should be lucky to have a teammate like me; and they should give me everything I deserve!"  Right, you have not!  Because you do not get to be the G.O.A.T. without other people helping you out!  The same is true in marriage and relationships!  Learn how unselfishness, shared goals and vision, among other team first actions can hep you build the Greatest Marriage!

Combine your passion for sports with the love of your life to help you build the Greatest Marriage of All Time!  You love sports!  You obsess over your favorite teams and players!  You have also learned a lot about what makes your teams successful.  Why not use this obsession to inform how you build success in your relationship?  Use the ingredients in sports that make a player or team the greatest of all time, like Teamwork, Longevity, Communication and Chemistry (TLC2) to create lasting success in your marriage.  This is a wave top introduction to the TLC2 model for marriage success.  Subsequent episodes will use examples from sports, combined with marriage advice from some of the most prominent marriage experts in the world.  I'll also throw in some examples from my 23 years of marriage and over a decade of training couples in proven marriage improvement techniques.