![]() ![]() If you don’t want to own the dating life you’re currently living, if you blame the quality of men or the unavailability of women, you’ll hate this book. ![]() “Philosophers over the years have referred to this responsibility for our own life as ‘existential responsibility.’ We do not cause our existence, but we participate in it, and we are responsible for dealing with it and, as a result, have a hand in creating and changing it.” “Our lives are not just about the ‘outside’ circumstances…We participate in our external circumstances.” Cloud’s approach could be met with resistance and skepticism for one overriding reason: he insists that people who aren’t dating well are personally responsible for their situation.Īnd by “insists” I actually mean “INSISTS.” My final takeaway is the book was not merely engaging, it struck me as true. Her approach fascinates me, plus I work with and have dozens of single friends and so I thought I should see what wisdom I could glean. ![]() Henry Cloud, because a friend of mine coaches singles in this program with remarkable, as in “near-perfect,” success. The longer answer is, I’ve been intrigued by How to Get a Date Worth Keeping by Dr. This is a legitimate question and the short answer is because I’m reading a book a week and need a break from narratives. Since I’m happily married, why in the world would I read a book about dating? ![]()
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