Book Review & Giveaway! “Improve Your Marriage” by Russell A. Irving

I was asked by the author to read and give an honest review of “Improve Your Marriage: Don’t Overlook the Obvious.”  I was delighted to do so, and I really enjoyed reading this book.

I thought this would also be a fun way to reward you guys with a little gift for being loyal readers.  So, I will be randomly selecting one lucky winner from the comments on this post and sending them my very gently used copy of Improve Your Marriage for free.  If you think you’d enjoy reading this book, but you are not the lucky winner, you can buy it from Amazon using any of the links in this post.

In order to be eligible for the free book giveaway, simply leave a comment below stating your favorite “simple piece of advice” for marriage.  And, if you’d like one bonus entry, please Retweet this post to your Twitter followers using the button at the bottom of the post.  Just be sure to leave your comment by Friday January 29th at noon central time because that’s when I’ll draw the winner.  



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What Matters Now: A Free E-Book from Seth Godin

If you have not heard of Seth Godin, I really think you should take a look at his materials.  Seth is basically the modern king of outside-the-box thinking and “permission” marketing.  Among his best-selling books are Purple Cow and Tribes.

Along the lines of Dan Miller, Seth is not an author who writes books about marriage.  However, he does offer incredible insight into life in general and our relationships with those we interact with everyday, including our spouses.

I actually just got done reading a compilation of dozens of authors that Seth pulled together called The Big Moo.  I dog-eared several pages of that book because the stories relate so well to issues that I’ve experienced in marriage and want to share here at Engaged Marriage.

The Real Reason for This Post

So, hopefully, you can now understand why I think Seth Godin is so cool.  Well, he just got cooler.

Seth just released a FREE e-book called What Matters Now and he is encouraging those who read it to spread the word and give it to their friends. You are my friends, so I encourage you to download it here or go read Seth’s blog post about it if you prefer.  



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10 Awesome Gifts for Married Couples

It’s always fun to make your spouse feel special with a great gift.  The problem is it can be tough to find a gift that is both unique and meaningful.

So, I thought it would be fun to assemble a “Top Ten Gifts” list of sorts.  Of course, this is an Engaged Marriage list, so the gifts here were chosen because they have the ability to enhance your marriage and family life.  Based on my own thoughts, input from my dear wife, a bit of research on Amazon, and some excellent responses that I received on Twitter, I have assembled what I feel is a pretty nice list of ideas.

Rather than be a stand-alone list, I hope these ten ideas get you thinking a bit.  I really want to hear from you in the comments section of this post with your own suggestions as well.

10 Awesome Gifts for Married Couples

10. The Love Dare.

This is the book behind the awesome movie Fireproof, which I highly recommend despite Kirk Cameron’s less-than-stellar acting abilities.  If you are not familiar with the concept, the book provides daily activities that you do to show the extent of your love to your spouse.  As shown in the movie, this book grew out of the recovery of a marriage in serious trouble, but its lessons can help any of us who want to take our marriage to the next level.  



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Book Review: “No More Mondays” by Dan Miller

With a subtitle like “Fire Yourself and Other Revolutionary Ways to Discover Your True Calling at Work,” I knew as soon as I saw it that No More Mondays was not your ordinary career guidance book.  Of course, as a regular listener to author Dan Miller’s 48 Days podcast for several months, I should not have expected anything less.

The basic premise behind No More Mondays is that your work should not just function as something you do between weekends.  The “Thank God it’s Friday, Oh God it’s Monday” mindset that plagues so many is simply not healthy, and it is no way to spend the majority of the conscious hours in your life!

The career advice in this book is not as brazen and abrupt as the subtitle may imply.  Dan Miller does not suggest that you “fire yourself” immediately and live among the unemployed (although I suppose you could then use the tools found in his previous bestseller 48 Days To The Work You Love).  Instead, he is simply stressing that you are in control of your career and your life, and it is up to you to escape the rut you may find yourself in to pursue truly fulfilling work.  



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