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    • 0 – 59 -- You scored in the lower range – Congratulations! You now know where you need to take the time to closely examine these areas of your relationship. It would benefit both of you to think about these statements, and work toward Co-Creating a Conscious Relationship through gaining new awareness, new skills, and new techniques. Commit to each other to give unselfishly and unconditionally to do whatever you need to do to make each other feel safe, loved and cared for

    I hope this part of this assessment has been enlightening and helpful.
    When you get a chance, take the next set of this assessment.
    Keep the print outs for each so, at the end of the series,
    you can trace your progress on your journey to
    Co-Create a Conscious Relationship.

    I hope you and your partner
    Gain the Awareness, Learn the Skills and
    Practice the Techniques so you are successful on your
    Journey from I-TO-WE to live your lives as each others

    Best Friends During the Day,
    Lovers at Nigh

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    Can you say what you mean and have your partner hear what you mean? Conscious Listening is critical to the success of Co-Creating a Conscious Relationship. Both partners must take a role in speaking and listening. You will always have issues, thoughts, feelings, and problems, on your Journey from I-TO-WE, but you will not be able to resolve them without effective communication skills and techniques. This assessment helps you recognize the elements of communication in which you shine, and the elements that need attention.

    This free set of assessments offers you the chance to find powerful answers. If you are willing to take the time to reflect on these questions, discuss them, and be honest with yourselves and each other, it can help you on your journey to Co-Create a Conscious Relationship so you can be

    Best Friends During the Day,
    Lovers at Night, and
    Partners for Life.

    The adventure of life gives us the incredible opportunity to learn and grow as individuals. I like to say that we do not stop learning, stretching, growing, maturing, and changing until we are 6 feet under. What happens so often is we go through life unaware that we don’t know what we don't know. In this fast-paced world, many of us do not have or take the time to sit, take a deep breath, and really think about the statements addressed in these assessments. We usually do not reflect on and consider the impact the answers to these statements can have on our relationship. We must gain the awareness, learn the techniques, and practice the skills to Co-Create a Conscious Relationship.

    Take your time to think about each statement and be honest. One partner should use a black pen and the other partner a red pen. Rate your degree of agreement for each statement on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being a definite yes and 1 being a definite no. Write your score on the first line to the left of each statement. The second line is for your partner's score.

    You may find it difficult to give certain statements a low score. You may worry that your response will hurt or offend your partner or create conflict. Honesty, however, is critical for the success of the Co-Create a Conscious Relationship program. Also, no matter what score your partner writes down, be supportive; do not get defensive, resentful, or angry. Thank him or her for being courageous and honest. All of the topics in this assessment series are covered in detail, with exercises, in my book The Journey from I-TO-WE.

    Conscious Listening

    _____ _____ - 1 - My partner and I know how to ask for a discussion appointment.

    _____ _____ - 2 - My partner and I listen to each other when we speak.

    _____ _____ - 3 - We reflect back to our partner that we understand his or her message.

    _____ _____ - 4 - We validate each other's points of view.

    _____ _____ - 5 - We show empathy for each other’s thoughts and feelings.

    _____ _____ - 6 - We do not get defensive or use verbal darts, jabs, judgments, or disrespectful remarks.

    _____ _____ - 7 - We do not criticize, minimize/invalidate each other’s thoughts or feelings.

    _____ _____ - 8 - We give each other all the time we need to finish communicating a thought or feeling.

    _____ _____ - 9 - We have safe, honest, peaceful, respectful, and loving discussions.

    _____ _____ - 10 - When we are listening to each other, we always say, Please, tell me more.

    _____ _____ - Total Score

    You have 10 statements for a total possible score of 100. If your total is:

    • 80 or higher -- You scored in the upper percentile – Congratulations! You have obviously taken the time to work, ensuring your relationship has the best chance to be successful. Though your relationship is strong, it can only benefit from gaining new awareness, new skills, and new techniques. Good luck in Co-Creating a Conscious Relationship!

    • 60 – 79 -- You scored in the average range – Congratulations! Re-read the statements you scored low on and take the time to learn how to raise your score. Consider Co-Creating a Conscious Relationship™through gaining new awareness, new skills, and new techniques. You and the relationship will be much stronger on The Journey from I-TO-WE.

    • 0 – 59 -- You scored in the lower range – Congratulations! You now know where you need to take the time to closely examine these areas of your relationship. It would benefit both of you to think about these statements, and work toward Co-Creating a Conscious Relationship through gaining new awareness, new skills, and new techniques. Commit to each other to give unselfishly and unconditionally to do whatever you need to do to make each other feel safe, loved and cared for

    I hope this part of this assessment has been enlightening and helpful.
    When you get a chance, take the next set of this assessment.
    Keep the print outs for each so, at the end of the series,
    you can trace your progress on your journey to
    Co-Create a Conscious Relationship.

    I hope you and your partner
    Gain the Awareness, Learn the Skills and
    Practice the Techniques so you are successful on your
    Journey from I-TO-WE to live your lives as each others

    Best Friends During the Day,
    Lovers at Night

    Quick & Easy Tip to Create Your First Article
    Article marketing is still one of the best ways to to promote your web site or business. A good article can generate many hundreds or even thousands of links to your web site and these links are one way inbound links that currently are ranked by the search engines as one of the important factors the search engines use in their …shock horror…algorithms. The geeks spend hours and days planning strategies and software to optimise web sites so they are search engine friendly.Well we aren’t all computer geeks. So for us mere mortals we have to use the tools that we can manage.And we all can write an article. If you don’t know where to start and don’t think you can put the right words on paper,
    ng, growing, maturing, and changing until we are 6 feet under. What happens so often is we go through life unaware that we don’t know what we don't know. In this fast-paced world, many of us do not have or take the time to sit, take a deep breath, and really think about the statements addressed in these assessments. We usually do not reflect on and consider the impact the answers to these statements can have on our relationship. We must gain the awareness, learn the techniques, and practice the skills to Co-Create a Conscious Relationship.

    Take your time to think about each statement and be honest. One partner should use a black pen and the other partner a red pen. Rate your degree of agreement for each statement on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being a definite yes and 1 being a definite no. Write your score on the first line to the left of each statement. The second line is for your partner's score.

    You may find it difficult to give certain statements a low score. You may worry that your response will hurt or offend your partner or create conflict. Honesty, however, is critical for the success of the Co-Create a Conscious Relationship program. Also, no matter what score your partner writes down, be supportive; do not get defensive, resentful, or angry. Thank him or her for being courageous and honest. All of the topics in this assessment series are covered in detail, with exercises, in my book The Journey from I-TO-WE.

    Conscious Listening

    _____ _____ - 1 - My partner and I know how to ask for a discussion appointment.

    _____ _____ - 2 - My partner and I listen to each other when we speak.

    _____ _____ - 3 - We reflect back to our partner that we understand his or her message.

    _____ _____ - 4 - We validate each other's points of view.

    _____ _____ - 5 - We show empathy for each other’s thoughts and feelings.

    _____ _____ - 6 - We do not get defensive or use verbal darts, jabs, judgments, or disrespectful remarks.

    _____ _____ - 7 - We do not criticize, minimize/invalidate each other’s thoughts or feelings.

    _____ _____ - 8 - We give each other all the time we need to finish communicating a thought or feeling.

    _____ _____ - 9 - We have safe, honest, peaceful, respectful, and loving discussions.

    _____ _____ - 10 - When we are listening to each other, we always say, Please, tell me more.

    _____ _____ - Total Score

    You have 10 statements for a total possible score of 100. If your total is:

    • 80 or higher -- You scored in the upper percentile – Congratulations! You have obviously taken the time to work, ensuring your relationship has the best chance to be successful. Though your relationship is strong, it can only benefit from gaining new awareness, new skills, and new techniques. Good luck in Co-Creating a Conscious Relationship!

    • 60 – 79 -- You scored in the average range – Congratulations! Re-read the statements you scored low on and take the time to learn how to raise your score. Consider Co-Creating a Conscious Relationship™through gaining new awareness, new skills, and new techniques. You and the relationship will be much stronger on The Journey from I-TO-WE.

    • 0 – 59 -- You scored in the lower range – Congratulations! You now know where you need to take the time to closely examine these areas of your relationship. It would benefit both of you to think about these statements, and work toward Co-Creating a Conscious Relationship through gaining new awareness, new skills, and new techniques. Commit to each other to give unselfishly and unconditionally to do whatever you need to do to make each other feel safe, loved and cared for

    I hope this part of this assessment has been enlightening and helpful.
    When you get a chance, take the next set of this assessment.
    Keep the print outs for each so, at the end of the series,
    you can trace your progress on your journey to
    Co-Create a Conscious Relationship.

    I hope you and your partner
    Gain the Awareness, Learn the Skills and
    Practice the Techniques so you are successful on your
    Journey from I-TO-WE to live your lives as each others

    Best Friends During the Day,
    Lovers at Nigh

    Business Management; Mini-Marketing Strategic Planning Exercise for a Mobile Oil Change Business
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    flict. Honesty, however, is critical for the success of the Co-Create a Conscious Relationship program. Also, no matter what score your partner writes down, be supportive; do not get defensive, resentful, or angry. Thank him or her for being courageous and honest. All of the topics in this assessment series are covered in detail, with exercises, in my book The Journey from I-TO-WE.

    Conscious Listening

    _____ _____ - 1 - My partner and I know how to ask for a discussion appointment.

    _____ _____ - 2 - My partner and I listen to each other when we speak.

    _____ _____ - 3 - We reflect back to our partner that we understand his or her message.

    _____ _____ - 4 - We validate each other's points of view.

    _____ _____ - 5 - We show empathy for each other’s thoughts and feelings.

    _____ _____ - 6 - We do not get defensive or use verbal darts, jabs, judgments, or disrespectful remarks.

    _____ _____ - 7 - We do not criticize, minimize/invalidate each other’s thoughts or feelings.

    _____ _____ - 8 - We give each other all the time we need to finish communicating a thought or feeling.

    _____ _____ - 9 - We have safe, honest, peaceful, respectful, and loving discussions.

    _____ _____ - 10 - When we are listening to each other, we always say, Please, tell me more.

    _____ _____ - Total Score

    You have 10 statements for a total possible score of 100. If your total is:

    • 80 or higher -- You scored in the upper percentile – Congratulations! You have obviously taken the time to work, ensuring your relationship has the best chance to be successful. Though your relationship is strong, it can only benefit from gaining new awareness, new skills, and new techniques. Good luck in Co-Creating a Conscious Relationship!

    • 60 – 79 -- You scored in the average range – Congratulations! Re-read the statements you scored low on and take the time to learn how to raise your score. Consider Co-Creating a Conscious Relationship™through gaining new awareness, new skills, and new techniques. You and the relationship will be much stronger on The Journey from I-TO-WE.

    • 0 – 59 -- You scored in the lower range – Congratulations! You now know where you need to take the time to closely examine these areas of your relationship. It would benefit both of you to think about these statements, and work toward Co-Creating a Conscious Relationship through gaining new awareness, new skills, and new techniques. Commit to each other to give unselfishly and unconditionally to do whatever you need to do to make each other feel safe, loved and cared for

    I hope this part of this assessment has been enlightening and helpful.
    When you get a chance, take the next set of this assessment.
    Keep the print outs for each so, at the end of the series,
    you can trace your progress on your journey to
    Co-Create a Conscious Relationship.

    I hope you and your partner
    Gain the Awareness, Learn the Skills and
    Practice the Techniques so you are successful on your
    Journey from I-TO-WE to live your lives as each others

    Best Friends During the Day,
    Lovers at Nigh

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    All online registration systems will allow you to automate your event registration by moving registrations from manual to online, but only some will have the ability to process payments online. There should be no PDF downloads, no printed forms, and absolutely no faxing or mailing allowed. You should never have to take credit card numbers over the phone and manually key them in because all registrations should be processed instantly over a secure connection. Registration fees should show up in your merchant or bank account effortlessly.Many planners still process payments by hand, either by paper or phone. But this is a massive waste of time and energy. Why spend human effort to do something a wel
    r all the time we need to finish communicating a thought or feeling.

    _____ _____ - 9 - We have safe, honest, peaceful, respectful, and loving discussions.

    _____ _____ - 10 - When we are listening to each other, we always say, Please, tell me more.

    _____ _____ - Total Score

    You have 10 statements for a total possible score of 100. If your total is:

    • 80 or higher -- You scored in the upper percentile – Congratulations! You have obviously taken the time to work, ensuring your relationship has the best chance to be successful. Though your relationship is strong, it can only benefit from gaining new awareness, new skills, and new techniques. Good luck in Co-Creating a Conscious Relationship!

    • 60 – 79 -- You scored in the average range – Congratulations! Re-read the statements you scored low on and take the time to learn how to raise your score. Consider Co-Creating a Conscious Relationship™through gaining new awareness, new skills, and new techniques. You and the relationship will be much stronger on The Journey from I-TO-WE.

    • 0 – 59 -- You scored in the lower range – Congratulations! You now know where you need to take the time to closely examine these areas of your relationship. It would benefit both of you to think about these statements, and work toward Co-Creating a Conscious Relationship through gaining new awareness, new skills, and new techniques. Commit to each other to give unselfishly and unconditionally to do whatever you need to do to make each other feel safe, loved and cared for

    I hope this part of this assessment has been enlightening and helpful.
    When you get a chance, take the next set of this assessment.
    Keep the print outs for each so, at the end of the series,
    you can trace your progress on your journey to
    Co-Create a Conscious Relationship.

    I hope you and your partner
    Gain the Awareness, Learn the Skills and
    Practice the Techniques so you are successful on your
    Journey from I-TO-WE to live your lives as each others

    Best Friends During the Day,
    Lovers at Nigh

    Credit Repair Is Free and Easy
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    rney from I-TO-WE.

    • 0 – 59 -- You scored in the lower range – Congratulations! You now know where you need to take the time to closely examine these areas of your relationship. It would benefit both of you to think about these statements, and work toward Co-Creating a Conscious Relationship through gaining new awareness, new skills, and new techniques. Commit to each other to give unselfishly and unconditionally to do whatever you need to do to make each other feel safe, loved and cared for

    I hope this part of this assessment has been enlightening and helpful.
    When you get a chance, take the next set of this assessment.
    Keep the print outs for each so, at the end of the series,
    you can trace your progress on your journey to
    Co-Create a Conscious Relationship.

    I hope you and your partner
    Gain the Awareness, Learn the Skills and
    Practice the Techniques so you are successful on your
    Journey from I-TO-WE to live your lives as each others

    Best Friends During the Day,
    Lovers at Night, and
    Partners for Life

    © 2006 – All Rights Reserved – Glenn Cohen
    I-TO-WE Relationship Coaching

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