[Michael] Oh hey welcome back this week we're talking about romance
[Adee] personality tests have been really helpful in getting us to know each other a little bit better
we think we know ourselves really well but when you take something like a
personality test like the Kolbe or the love languages test it really shows you
objectively what it is that you do really well what it is that you prefer
what it is that you might least likely prefer or what that you need some extra
help with or doesn't come to you as naturally
[Michael] one of those tests that she just mentioned is called the Kolbe A test and we give this to all of our
employees and what it shows is your conation or the way that you get things
done and originally we just did it as part of our work to see who fits in what
role best and how to communicate with people over time we realized that we can
use this information in our relationship as well to be very specific one way that
we use it it is on the Kolbe test I'm a really high quick start in that I
start things really quickly I energize projects but I have really bad
follow-through Adee on the other hand has really good follow-through and
actually is really good at researching things and so when we're thinking about
doing something like planning a trip I will start to put the pieces in place
we're really quickly and give her some direction and then she'll follow through
on it that way we're getting things done more efficiently and we're communicating better
[Adee] and it really helps not to get frustrated
with the other person when they're not doing something the way that you expect
them to do it because it might not come as naturally to them Michael's much lower
on the follow-through scale than I am so when he doesn't finish a project all the
way through it's super easy for me to just be like why didn't you finish it
you started it but in now I know this about his Kolbe
score so I don't get as frustrated I know it just takes him a lot more energy
to finish a project than it does to get it started so I know that I'm a lot
better at it so I'll just take over and not get super frustrated
[Michael] one of the main personality tests that we use comes from the book the five love languages
the five love languages describes how all people like to give
and receive love the five languages are quality time acts of service words of
affirmation physical touch and gifts so we use this in our relationship to
communicate with each other better and to show each other love
[Adee] so we know each other's top two love languages as well as our least favorite love
language and the way that we use this intentionally in our relationship my
number one is acts of service so I could probably take this overboard sometimes
but I ask for little acts of service all the time whether it's you know can you
get grab me a glass of water or can you do me a favor and Michael knows that
that is going to land more for showing me love then getting me a present or a
necklace or a new ring because that's the lowest on my love languages so an
acts of service whether it's you know picking something up for me or doing a
favor for me is going to really make me feel loved and that's how we use that intentionally in our relationship
[Michael] I really love that she has the cheapest love languages she hates gifts
[Adee] yeah but it's really high in effort [Michael] that's true
so in the beginning of our relationship she would ask me to go get a glass of
water when she is clearly closer to the refrigerator and it was really annoying
to me and I thought she was just being lazy once we took this test it
was really like it gave me a totally new perspective on who she was and so I
I stopped seeing it as an annoyance and now I just see it as a
really easy opportunity to show her how much I care about her
this is not something that I think we picked up on naturally or automatically we learned
about each other by intentionally taking this test
sharing the results with each other and then consciously and proactively
treating each other and giving love in the way that we know the other wants
[Adee] it really is like speaking another language like he learned a different love
language than I learned growing up so naturally we're just I just don't speak
Chinese and if he spoke Chinese [Michael] I don't speak Chinese either [Adee] right but we would
have to put some effort and time into understanding each other's language so
it's definitely not something that came absolutely naturally to us but more so
taking the time and effort to get to know each other and what each other wants
do I think there's anything wrong with completely doing something just for
your significant other I think it can go both ways I think it might be a bad
thing if you're gonna do something that's for them and you're going to be
resentful for it after and you're gonna hold a grudge about it ultimately if
you're doing something for your significant other it's never just for
them it's never a hundred percent for them it's also a little bit for you
you're also deepening your relationship maybe you're doing something that's
gonna stop them from nagging you about it later you're fulfilling showing
them love in a way that they love to receive love so it depends on the
perspective that you're gonna take on doing something for them when really it is also for you
[Michael] that's a really great point anytime you can do some kind of
some small act you know giving your partner love and the way that they want
to receive it it's going to make your relationship better
it's going to make them treat you better which is gonna make your entire life better
[Adee] and then on the other side should you always be doing something for your
significant other that you really don't want to do and continue to give and what
you feel like is giving and giving and giving and not receiving what you want
or not getting the break that you want that's definitely an opportunity to
reach some level of compromise or have a conversation about it so instead of you
know mine is acts of service instead of Michael always getting me that glass of water
and then feeling annoyed about it every single time he can let me know hey you
asked for these things all of the time and I totally get that that's your love
language but you know once in a while you can get that for yourself and I can
accept that and say hey you're totally right I don't need to ask you to get
that for me all the time and try and catch myself literally sometimes in the
middle of the sentence I'll be like hey Michael oh I can actually just go and
get that myself and I've gotten a little bit better about doing it for myself and
he's gotten better about doing it for me without me having to ask for it and
it's kind of a win-win so I really think it depends on the scenario but the key
is to not hold any resentment inside and to talk about what you're feeling with your partner
so that was a sneak peek into our relationship how we make
balanced fitness nutrition fit with each of our goals and how we continue to work
on it each and every day I hope that this helped you with your relationships
and if you have any questions post them in the comments and we'll be here to
answer them for you next time
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