Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

Three of the ideas you’ll keep

The Clif summary of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus pulls out 8 insights. Here are the first three.

1. Treat your partner like a respectful visitor from another planet: assume your way of loving and communicating isn't the only valid one, so you stop taking differences personally and get curious instead of defensive.
2. When a man goes quiet and pulls away, give him space instead of chasing him. His "cave" time is how he recharges, and the more you let him return on his own, the faster and warmer he comes back.
3. When a woman's mood dips (the "wave"), don't try to fix her feelings or argue her out of them. Just listen and reassure her that you care; the dip passes on its own and she rises again.

The other 5 — and the full 9-minute summary — are in the app.

What’s inside: 8 chapters

The whole summary runs about 9 minutes, read or listened to.

1. Two Planets, One Relationship
2. How Men and Women Communicate Differently
3. The Cave and the Rubber Band
4. The Wave: Understanding Women's Emotional Cycles
5. The Six Love Needs of Men and Women
6. Keeping Score: The Point System
7. How to Avoid and Defuse Arguments
8. The Love Letter Technique