Jacqueline ElliottLeadership Strategist | CEO, Mother, Wife, Legacy-Builder

WHY YOU CAN’T KEEP YOUR GIRL //Jackie X Andy Elliott

18 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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Short spoken excerpt (YouTube) in which Jackie Elliott reflects on early-stage courting behavior versus later relationship priorities. She contrasts the effort people made to win a partner when they perceived them as 'the prize' with later life when work, kids, and other responsibilities are used as excuses for reduced effort.

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Okay, so think back in the very beginning. What did you do to try to prove yourself? To try to get the girl or the guy? Some of the guys got the girls, some of the girls got the guys. You know it's like what did you try to do then? Like now we have excuses for certain things that we do. We don't have time to go on dates. We don't have time to do this. We have work that we have to do. But back then you still probably worked and you still had a lot of things going on but you found time because you the prize was bigger, right? Because she was untouchable then, right? You wanted her. So what did you do back then to try to get her attention? We tend to put other things first. We put the kids first. We put business first. But back then when you tried in the very beginning to get her, nothing got in your way. Nothing did.