The Exceptional Seven Percent: The Nine Secrets of the World's Happiest Couples

What do exceptional couples know that others don't? If roughly fifty percent of marriages fail, what about the other fifty percent-the ones that "succeed"? Are those couples who stay together necessarily happy? No, not necessarily. In fact, many marriages that remain intact are far less than ideal. A mere seven percent are really good-in fact, exceptional. These couples have much greater than average passion, happiness, longevity, and fulfillment. And the good news is, luck has nothing to do with it. But if less-than-exceptional marriages are made up of men who are supposedly from Mars and women who are supposedly from Venus, what planet do exceptional husbands and wives come from? What are the secrets of exceptional couples … and what can they teach us? Marriage therapist Gregory K. Popcak believes that ways of relating employed by exceptional couples can benefit all marriages. In The Exceptional Seven Percent, he looks at the most successful couples and exposes their secrets. Each chapter examines in detail the basic characteristics of exceptional couples, including: Developing a martial imperative-the key to unlocking all the other Exceptional Couple qualities, Setting and achieving emotional goals, Cultivating exceptional levels of fidelity, loving, services, rapport, negotiation, gratitude, joy, and sexuality, Through anecdotes, analyses, exercises, quizzes, and guidance that is consistently supported by marriage research, you'll learn what your weaknesses are and how you can begin to make positive changes. You have the power to turn your marriage into the most precious thing in your life. Why settle for anything less?

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The Exceptional Seven Percent: The Nine Secrets of the World's Happiest Couples

What do exceptional couples know that others don't? If roughly fifty percent of marriages fail, what about the other fifty percent-the ones that "succeed"? Are those couples who stay together necessarily happy? No, not necessarily. In fact, many marriages that remain intact are far less than ideal. A mere seven percent are really good-in fact, exceptional. These couples have much greater than average passion, happiness, longevity, and fulfillment. And the good news is, luck has nothing to do with it. But if less-than-exceptional marriages are made up of men who are supposedly from Mars and women who are supposedly from Venus, what planet do exceptional husbands and wives come from? What are the secrets of exceptional couples … and what can they teach us? Marriage therapist Gregory K. Popcak believes that ways of relating employed by exceptional couples can benefit all marriages. In The Exceptional Seven Percent, he looks at the most successful couples and exposes their secrets. Each chapter examines in detail the basic characteristics of exceptional couples, including: Developing a martial imperative-the key to unlocking all the other Exceptional Couple qualities, Setting and achieving emotional goals, Cultivating exceptional levels of fidelity, loving, services, rapport, negotiation, gratitude, joy, and sexuality, Through anecdotes, analyses, exercises, quizzes, and guidance that is consistently supported by marriage research, you'll learn what your weaknesses are and how you can begin to make positive changes. You have the power to turn your marriage into the most precious thing in your life. Why settle for anything less?

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The Exceptional Seven Percent: The Nine Secrets of the World's Happiest Couples

The Exceptional Seven Percent: The Nine Secrets of the World's Happiest Couples

by Gregory K. Popcak
The Exceptional Seven Percent: The Nine Secrets of the World's Happiest Couples

The Exceptional Seven Percent: The Nine Secrets of the World's Happiest Couples

by Gregory K. Popcak

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Overview

What do exceptional couples know that others don't? If roughly fifty percent of marriages fail, what about the other fifty percent-the ones that "succeed"? Are those couples who stay together necessarily happy? No, not necessarily. In fact, many marriages that remain intact are far less than ideal. A mere seven percent are really good-in fact, exceptional. These couples have much greater than average passion, happiness, longevity, and fulfillment. And the good news is, luck has nothing to do with it. But if less-than-exceptional marriages are made up of men who are supposedly from Mars and women who are supposedly from Venus, what planet do exceptional husbands and wives come from? What are the secrets of exceptional couples … and what can they teach us? Marriage therapist Gregory K. Popcak believes that ways of relating employed by exceptional couples can benefit all marriages. In The Exceptional Seven Percent, he looks at the most successful couples and exposes their secrets. Each chapter examines in detail the basic characteristics of exceptional couples, including: Developing a martial imperative-the key to unlocking all the other Exceptional Couple qualities, Setting and achieving emotional goals, Cultivating exceptional levels of fidelity, loving, services, rapport, negotiation, gratitude, joy, and sexuality, Through anecdotes, analyses, exercises, quizzes, and guidance that is consistently supported by marriage research, you'll learn what your weaknesses are and how you can begin to make positive changes. You have the power to turn your marriage into the most precious thing in your life. Why settle for anything less?


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780806538402
Publisher: Kensington
Publication date: 08/29/2017
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Gregory K. Popcak is the author of almost 20 popular books. Since 2001, he and his wife, Lisa Popcak, have hosted several nationally-syndicated, call-in radio advice programs, including their most recent show, More2Life, which airs on almost 400 stations across the country, as well as SiriusXM Channel 130. Popcak's articles appear regularly in Family Foundations and other periodicals. He is a sought-after public speaker and trainer, and has been honored to address audiences across North America, Australia, and Hong Kong.

Popcak serves as the chair of the Marriage and Family Studies program at Holy Apostles College and has academic appointments in both the social work and graduate theology departments at Franciscan University. He lives outside Pittsburgh. Visit his website at exceptionalmarriages.com

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Acknowledgments x

Foreword (2017) xi

1 Who Are the Exceptional Seven Percent? 3

2 The Relationship Pathway 22

3 Designing a Marital Imperative 49

4 Exceptional Fidelity 67

5 Exceptional Loving 81

6 Exceptional Service 101

7 Exceptional Rapport 117

8 Exceptional Negotiation 139

9 Exceptional Gratitude 159

10 Exceptional Joy 171

11 Exceptional Sexuality 183

Epilogue: Building Your Own Exceptional Marriage 205

Afterword (2017) 210

Bibliography 215

Index 217

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