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The list includes:
- Barack
and Michelle Obama
- Melinda
Gates and Bill Gates
- Jay-Z
and Beyonce
- Xi
Jinping and Peng Liyuan of China
- Angelina
Jolie and Brad Pitt
- Portia
de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres
- Marissa
Mayer and Zachary Bogue
- Hillary
and Bill Clinton
- Gerard
Pique and Shakir
- Patrizio
Bertelli and Miuccia Prada
- Cher
Wang and Wenchi Chen
- Mike
Nichols and Diane Sawyer
- Tom
Brady and Gisele Bundchen
- Barry
Diller and Diane von Furstenberg
- Queen
Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
There is nothing really special about these couples as far
as them being different from anyone else. They all came from their
momma’s womb, they came up as kids with a few of them from humble beginnings,
and most of them didn’t have diamond spoons in their mouths.
I don’t believe all of them are even college graduates.
What is common with all of these couples is that they are
all visionaries – individually and together. When they got together they
sat down and got to know each other below the skin and out of the
bedroom. They talked about each stage of their life and where they wanted
to go:
- from
their career
- to
how they wanted to raise their kids
- to
where they will live
- to
how they would make an impact
- to
how they will retire
They talked about how they would invest and manage their
money.
They stuck to the plan with respect, loyalty, dedication and
love.
They also aligned their lives on course together in a
concentrated area. These powerful couples are partners in a particular
industry or closely tied industries.
There is strength in numbers and there is strength in
unity. The recipe to being a powerful couple is quite simple.
Parenting
Another powerful couple is Will Smith and Jada Pinkett
Smith. Recently, Will Smith did an interview giving his take on parenting
with
Haute Living.
The key note that Will Smith said about parenting is that parents
should not view kids as "slaves or property." That's a
tip to parenting that most parents learn too late....when their children are
grown.
Although it's not the first time it's been shared, Will
Smith also talked about how he and Jada sat down and talked about how they
would parent their children. Something that many parents do not do but it
so important.
Kids are not little clay models to mold into what parents
want them to be or do in life. Children are simply developing human
beings that need just three things:
- Love
- Provision
- Preparation
Since May 6, 2013, we have learned how three women were held
captive for over ten years - one of them 11 years while during that time
a child was born into captivity.
Those three women weren’t living in a shed out in the
country. They weren’t down in an abandoned well in a field.
Those women were held in a house in a neighborhood that was
frequented by family and neighbors. Hindsight now have family and
neighbors remembering the peculiarities. The locked doors. Not
allowed in certain places. This is a classic example of how a person can
be known but not be known about.
Have you ever seen in a movie how a person saw something
peculiar and shared it with someone else and it was blown off? But it
kept bothering that person until they looked into it themselves.
I remember the Jeffrey Dahmer case when the police came to
the door and gave that little boy back to Dahmer with a laugh. In the
recent case with the three women, the neighbors across the street saw a naked
woman in the backyard. When the girls told their mother later, she
thought too much time had lapsed and didn’t call the police. When the man
they dubbed the Cleveland Strangler killed 11 women, there were signs all over
the place. Foul smell in the neighborhood, a naked woman seen in the
yard, etc.
When a woman meets somebody, she needs to do what Michelle, Melinda,
Beyonce, and Jada did.
Get To Know Him.
She also needs to do what others don’t do. Look for
the peculiarities. Does he act funny about his home, or anything that he
does? If a man is acting mysterious at a time that you are contemplating
a relationship with him, then it’s time to put on the brakes.
There is no room for mystery from a man.
A woman should have some mystery about herself until she
gets to know him.. for one, to keep the intrigue going for the man because men
and women don’t fall in love the same way and secondly, in case the man finally
drops the facade (if he was holding one up) and turns out to be a person that
the woman needs to get away from in a jiffy.
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More on the Will Smith interview:
