Your Time-Starved Marriage: How to Stay Connected at the Speed of Life [Hardcover]

Les and Leslie Parrott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 2006

Connect Your Time Styles---and Your Hearts The moments you miss together are irreplaceable, gone forever. Now, just in time, relationship experts Drs. Les and Leslie help you better manage this priceless resource. They show you how to reclaim the time you've been missing and how to maximize the moments you have together. This is not a book about being more productive, but a book about being more connected. After resolving communication meltdowns, finding time together is the number one relational need of most couples. Where does it go? We try to make it. Save it. Seize it. Buy it. And borrow it. And yet time continues to elude too many couples. At the heart of this book is the Internet-based Time-Style Marriage Assessment, which helps you uncover your unique time style. Once you know your time style and that of your spouse, this book will show you how to leverage them for powerful results. Your Time-Starved Marriage helps you: Dispel the two lies every time-starved couple believes. Maximize the minutes that matter most in your marriage. Recoup the time you've been leaving on the table. Understand why 'loving on borrowed time' is lethal to your love life Discover how to 'get a grip on the time of your life' Your Time-Starved Marriage gives you tools to feed your time-starved relationship, maximizing the moments you have together and enjoying them more than you ever imagined.

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'This book is priceless!' -- Dr. Gary Smalley, Author, The DNA of Relationships

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This is not a book about being more productive—it’s a book about being more connected as a couple. In Your Time-Starved Marriage, Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott show you how you can create a more fulfilling relationship with time—and with each other. The moments you miss together are gone forever. Irreplaceable. And yet, until now, there has not been a single book for couples on how to better manage and reclaim this priceless resource. The Parrotts show you how to take back the time you’ve been missing together—and maximize the moments you already have. Your Time-Starved Marriage shows you how to: •relate to time in a new way as a couple •understand the two lies every time-starved couple so easily believes •slay the “busyness” giant that threatens your relationship •integrate your time-style with a step-by-step approach that helps you make more time together •stop the “time bandits” that steal your time •maximize mealtime, money time, and leisure time •reclaim all the free time you’ve been throwing away. Learn to manage your time together more than it manages you. Dramatically improve your ability to reclaim the moments you’ve been missing. Your Time-Starved Marriage gives you tools to feed your time-starved relationship, maximizing the moments you have together and enjoying them more. Also available: unabridged audio CD. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan (August 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310245974
• ISBN-13: 978-0310245971
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #105,345 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Les and Leslie. A husband-and-wife team who not only share the same name, but the same passion for helping others build healthy relationships. In 1991, the Parrotts founded the Center for Relationship Development on the campus of Seattle Pacific University - a groundbreaking program dedicated to teaching the basics of good relationships.

Married in 1984, the Parrotts bring real-life examples to their speaking platform. Their professional training - Leslie as a marriage and family therapist, and Les as a clinical psychologist - ensures a presentation that is grounded, insightful and cutting-edge.

The Parrotts are New York Times #1 Best Selling Authors. Their books include the award-winning Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, Love Talk, Real Relationships, The Parent You Want to Be, and Crazy Good Sex.

Each year Les and Leslie speak in over 40 cities. Their audiences include a wide array of venues, from churches to Fortune 500 company board rooms. Their books have sold over two million copies in more than two dozen languages.

The Parrotts have been guests on many national TV and radio programs such as CNN, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, The View with Barbara Walters, NBC Nightly News, and Oprah. Their work has been featured in USA Today and The New York Times.

Visit their website for lots of free resources at www.LesandLeslie.com

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to make the most of your time together as a couple..., January 15, 2007

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firsttimemommy (Washington state) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Your Time-Starved Marriage: How to Stay Connected at the Speed of Life (Hardcover)

I was a little doubtful when I first started reading this book. I have read several other books by the author, Les & Leslie Parrott, and I have gained a lot of insight from them. I am a stay-at-home mom and I have a lot of time on my hands not consumed by a workplace, but my husband and I have a shortage of quality time together.

This book guides you thru a process of identifying which time gets most of your attention (the present or future) and how you relate to your time (subjectively or objectively). There is also a free online survey you take to help you determine which of four different types you are. I never thought of the differences in the way people view time, but I can see where it leads to many arguments in a marriage relationship when you're married to someone who may have an opposite view of time than yourself.

The four types of time styles are- the accommodator, the dreamer, the processor, and the planner. They also list strengths and challenges for each type, to help you with your awareness of what you may need to work on. At the end of the book is also a section for each type of relationship, depending on what you and your spouse are, and how you can use your differences to enhance your marriage.

There really aren't any other books out there like this one. If you feel disconnected with your spouse and life seems to be pulling you in opposite directions, read this book. To take a quote from the book: "We may say that our marriage comes first, but that doesn't matter if we devote our time to what's lower on our list. Saying it's a priority and making it a priority are two different things."

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good, January 24, 2008

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This review is from: Your Time-Starved Marriage: How to Stay Connected at the Speed of Life (Audio CD)

It really makes you aware of the type of person you are and your spouse. It helps you to create some meaningful conversation and helps you to be more productive in the your thinking towards each other.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, March 12, 2007

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Amy Mcneil (Northwest FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Your Time-Starved Marriage: How to Stay Connected at the Speed of Life (Hardcover)

We are using this book for a small couples book group. There is a DVD that goes along with it that has been really fun to watch. We are all enjoying the book and the reminder to pay attention to our spouses so that we don't miss eachother in the midst of all the business. Highly recommend it!