Do you want to know how to get the respect you deserve from your wife? Do you want to make sure that your wife will seek out ways to continually let you know how much she appreciates and respects you? Do you want to come home knowing that your wife while she is a strong, independent and fulfilled person voluntarily follows the lead set by her passionate and confident man? Then you need to know the secrets of the exceptional husband starting with knowing these common mistakes to avoid.
1.
Demanding Respect.
A lot of men think they can demand respect.
That if they are not getting respect that they need to start letting everyone know how to treat them and that it's not like that.
Exceptional Husbands know that respect is not demanded; it is commanded.
Big deal, right? Sounds like I'm splitting hairs? I'm not.
Keep going and it will become clear...
2.
Equating Niceness with Respect.
Just because your woman is nice to you some of the time doesn't mean she respects you.
In fact, the well-respected man can be frequently challenged and seemingly disrespected by his wife.
Understanding this paradox is fundamental to becoming the kind of man who commands respect.
So don't sweat it if your wife is moody and nags or gives you grief.
3.
Trying to Impress your Wife.
This issue is at the heart of the problem.
When you are focused on how your wife responds to you, you've already lost the battle.
There are many options of what to focus on with your wife.
Being able to know what to focus on and having the emotional and mental toughness to maintain that focus are two keys the exceptional husband is trained in.
4.
Trying to Make Yourself Feel Good.
Sure being shown respect feels good.
Maybe even great.
But that's not why the exceptional man lives a respectable life.
That's not why he follows the man code.
The real reason to lead a respectable life is so you can spend your most valuable resource - your time - fighting for something that matters to you.
The exceptional man is dedicated to making a difference in the world.
A difference only he can make.
And he knows there is no better use for his life.
5.
Waiting Until Conditions Are "Right.
" Lots of men spend their life on the fence.
Trying to avoid mistakes.
Trying to wait until the right time.
In the first chapter of his classic book on masculinity The Way of the Superior Man David Deida warns "Stop Looking For Completion of Anything in Life...
" He says that nothing is ever complete or ready or right.
Everything is always in the middle of being and becoming something else.
You have to jump in, in the middle.
You have to jump.
Or you will never.