What Eric Thomas has said about Marriage and long-term partnership

Thomas said that the person in his family who had helped everyone else was the one whose dreams had not been fulfilled and who was less healthy.

“there's one person in our family that is not as healthy as we are. And that's the person that's been helping everybody else”

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Thomas said his greatest mistake was pulling Dede into his dream without ever securing her buy-in or asking what she wanted.

“the greatest mistake I made was not chasing my dream, but I dragged Dee Dee into it. There was never any buy-in”

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Thomas said he and Dede now talk every morning for an hour and he works on listening rather than talking.

“we talk mail every morning, 730 to 830. We just talk. And I just listen. That's hard”

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