Naima B. Robert – TMC E4 Clip Things Muslims Should Avoid in Polygamy and Plural Marriage

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The speaker gives advice on how to avoid weakness and success in relationships. They suggest avoiding
the fear of weakness and focusing on one's strengths and values. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of working together and finding the best balance between personal and professional relationships.

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			I would say,
		
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			avoid
		
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			being weak.
		
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			Avoid being weak, it's easy to be
weak. Take the cowardly road or,
		
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			you know, be wanting to feel
uncomfortable or practice
		
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			avoidance, avoid, deal with.
		
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			Avoid addresses calling the man on
as a man.
		
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			Go ahead, move forward directly do
what you got to do. But avoid
		
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			weakness, right? Because weakness
is a choice. You can be courageous
		
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			and fail at something once you see
respect that. But don't be wicked
		
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			succeed at something. There's
still no respect. So what is
		
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			what is one thing that you would
advise polygynous families to
		
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			avoid either as members of a
polygynous family or just as a
		
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			family as a whole one thing to
avoid?
		
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			Comparisons syndrome, everybody a
marriage?
		
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			I like that. Yeah. I think one of
the major things is allowing mode
		
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			to evolve and who they need to
become is a big one for me.
		
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			Because sometimes we want room to
evolve. But we don't allow trading
		
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			rooms. And that's a big problem.
Huge. You don't allow the husband,
		
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			the CO wife or children nobody
yourself enough space to learn and
		
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			make mistakes because you never
make them. I can learn from
		
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			people's hands. That always
bothered me because then you form
		
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			a pattern. All these patterns get
formed and then you look up
		
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			marriage over kids hates you.
Yeah, I mean, it's just a wreck.
		
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			So just avoid stabbing someone
else's evolution.
		
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			Mashallah.
		
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			I will say,
		
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			avoid
		
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			being weak.
		
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			Avoid being weak, it's easy to be
weak. Take the cowardly road or
		
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			not, you know, be wanting to feel
uncomfortable practice avoidance
		
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			avoid, deal with.
		
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			Avoid dresses, man on, man.
		
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			Go ahead, move forward directly do
what you got to do. But avoid
		
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			weakness. Right? Because weakness
is a choice. You can be courageous
		
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			and fail at something when you
still respect that. But don't be
		
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			weak and succeed at something. It
still goes back. So avoid
		
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			weakness.
		
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			I really like that. I wonder. I've
said before, and maybe coach
		
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			Nylund Fatima can
		
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			corroborate this. But with the
		
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			insecurities sometimes that can
come out between the women, either
		
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			the initial wife or the subsequent
wife. Exactly as coach neither
		
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			said it's the comparison, isn't
it? You know, I'm not in we
		
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			haven't been married as long as
them or we don't have as many
		
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			children or you know, she knows
him better, or she's the new hot
		
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			thing, whatever the case may be.
And I've always found it to be
		
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			very useful for each wife to play
her. What's the word? Know when
		
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			you have people in a game?
Krishna, you know, this, like you
		
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			have people in a gay position.
That's it,
		
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			to play your position, right?
Because every one of you has her
		
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			own unique strengths in the
situation. And her probably her
		
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			own unique connection as well with
the husband, right? And her home
		
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			has its own dynamic that is
unique. And it's you know, special
		
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			to her and whatever she's creating
in on her end of things. And when
		
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			sisters have brought this up, I've
always said sort of, you know,
		
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			play your position, play to your
strengths. Don't compare what you
		
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			have and what you've got going on
with, you know, your co wife,
		
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			because all that will happen is
you're gonna feel like you're
		
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			lacking somehow. But the reality
is that you have strengths and she
		
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			has strengths. You've got great
stuff going for you as she does,
		
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			right. Play your position. Do you
think that's good advice to give
		
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			to co wives? I think is a great,
		
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			great advice. This is a funny
thing. You said that because
		
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			Cochabamba has its history and
everything like that, I think was
		
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			like okay, well,
		
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			instead of figuring out how I can
communicate with him in a way I'm
		
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			sure we have this way. So maybe he
uses this committee
		
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			to see these different things and
play your position, knowing what
		
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			works for you.
		
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			If this is the interesting thing,
what is done for me, has even
		
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			allowed me at times because I know
certain strengths of hers and how
		
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			she can get through to him or
certain things. I can actually go
		
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			to
		
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			To her, no. What did I do?
		
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			And it's really cool. It was like,
isn't it? It's not, it's still the
		
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			mind of the bears, but it's still
succeeding as a unit succeeding as
		
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			a team, where it's like, okay, we
want to win all around the board.
		
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			So if I'm having issues and
communicating some type of wants
		
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			needs or something like that, and
I know that she can do it, or she
		
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			can kind of like, you know, wait,
you know, there's a trigger
		
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			wherever you use that
		
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			because we have a relationship
together. You know,
		
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			y'all we have a fresh
		
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			Yeah.
		
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			Yeah, go.
		
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			Because he is an INTJ. And he has
a whole bunch of other stuff going
		
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			on. He may be totally oblivious.
So what I was feeling when I say,
		
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			hey, like, you're right. But then
another voice got like, yeah, you
		
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			know, this is, you know, this is
the feeling this is what a feeling
		
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			this is what a feeling person
feels like, right
		
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			now,
		
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			to take away from that, like, he
was a happy villain, because he
		
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			got the team because he definitely
was just, it's more of a logical
		
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			standpoint. So being able to have
that. And I remember listening to
		
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			one of the interviews he did with
one of the brothers and it was
		
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			like to your wives get together
kind of like ganging up on you
		
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			type of thing with.
		
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			That's what it sounds like, to me.
There's a tag team going on here.
		
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			But we don't it's more of a, you
know, we can work together. And
		
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			that's the thing where we even
talk about CO wives, that the
		
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			other sphere that she's talking
about having that with you one
		
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			together with one and know each
other or not, is so much benefit
		
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			in doing that for the whole family
dynamic. Yeah. And so when we talk
		
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			about outstanding personal
relationships, not okay,
		
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			relationship, nice eye
relationships is like outstanding
		
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			personal relationships. You want
to make sure that if that's what
		
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			you're striving to have, I'm just
trying to think you want to do
		
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			that all around the board. And of
course, there's talked about
		
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			before is working within yourself.
So because you've done the work
		
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			and go to my callback without
feeling like well, I don't want
		
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			her you know, knowing that I'm on
a roll like
		
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			yesterday, we're
		
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			just pretty much you know, hey, we
want to win and we want to see
		
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			each other with each other to see
they want you out of that mindset
		
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			that shifted my shift.
		
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			Well before that you will
definitely see sold me benefits
		
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			and polygyny and they totally
outweigh the negative that people
		
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			are trying to put out there.