Love at First Sound: On Audiobooks and Marriage

Have you noticed how good relationship skills tend to apply across the board? Spouses who communicate well in their marriage probably also relate well to other people. As for those whose interactions with their partners are troubled, they may be experiencing similar difficulties when interacting with family members, friends, coworkers, and others.  For example, spouses who don’t yet know another way to deal with concerns may silently stew and let resentment build, instead of respectfully discussing issues positively, may behave similarly with coworkers. Failure to relate constructively results in a loss of trust and cooperation between the two, whether they’re spouses or colleagues.    Happily, the opposite of such a scenario occurred in a recent work relationship of mine, which involved making an audiobook edition of my book, Marriage Meetings for Lasting Love. While collaborating with its narrator, I was struck by many similarities between a good author-narrator relationship and a happy marriage. I don’t mean to imply that a successful work interaction includes all the qualities of a thriving, lasting marriage because the latter requires some additional traits, which I’ll describe below. But first, we’ll focus on some similarities.   Choosing My Narrator After listening to a few people narrate the same short part of my book, I chose Almond Eastland. I liked her soothing voice, warm tone, and inflections. Unlike the others, she emphasized...
Source: World of Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Books Communication Industrial and Workplace Personal Relationships coworking Vulnerability Source Type: blogs