1. 1-Sentence-Summary:
1.1. Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus helps you improve your relationships by identifying the key differences between men and women.
2. Favorite quote from the author:
2.1. "When men and women are able to respect and accept their differences, then love has a chance to blossom. " - John Gray
3. 3 lessons:
3.1. Men need to process their problems in their head while women want verbal communication.
3.1.1. A bit from the story:
3.1.2. As a man, you can let women talk without offering solutions and deal with your own issues later.
3.1.3. As a woman, you can wait for men to solve their problems by themselves until they feel better.
3.2. Women need to feel loved, whereas men like the sense that they are useful.
3.2.1. A bit from the story:
3.2.2. A lack of voluntary appreciation creates tension and needless problems.
3.2.3. As a woman, you can show men that you trust them and let them help when they want to, so they’ll feel useful.
3.2.4. As a man, you can repeatedly show women how much you love them to make them feel fulfilled.
3.3. Men and women may use similar words, but mean different things.
3.3.1. A bit from the story:
3.3.2. Men are often quite literal, women tend to use more words as mere expressions of a general feeling.
3.3.3. As a man, you can focus on the feelings of women rather than their words alone.
3.3.4. As a woman, you can stop trying so hard to find the hidden meaning behind mens’ words because they’ll often say what they mean anyway.