Paul Harkins on Ego, Accountability and What Your Fridge Says About You
From Love, Take Two · 00:44:28
Show by José Rolón and Jaimie Kelton
Most people think they learn who someone is by what they say on a first date. Author Paul Harkins thinks you learn it from their refrigerator. In this episode of Love, Take Two, hosted by José Rolón and Jaimie Kelton, Paul breaks down his new book, The Refrigerator Test: 32 Observations About Dating, Compatibility, and the Ordinary Moments That Reveal Everything. He also gets honest about leaving his sixteen year marriage out of ego, the five years it took to see why, and the mission he has been on since to make it right. From growing up reading his father’s moods to learning the man who raised him wasn’t his biological father, Paul looks at why we keep choosing the same kind of person, and what changes when you hold a mirror up to yourself.Key Takeaways- What the Refrigerator Test reveals early in dating- Why accountability matters more than apologies- How ego ended his marriage, and what he learned- Why he says he will never let his kids give upIf this episode resonated, send it to someone who needs a reminder that growth starts with the mirror. Come hang out with us on social.
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