IMPROVE THE “”BOTTOM LINE”” OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP. Can you take the same “”best practices”” that build a successful business, and apply them to your marriage? Would you find happiness, even true love, in your “”joint venture?”” Absolutely, says Dr. John Curtis, one of the country’s leading organizational development consultants and a former marriage counselor. The Business of Love is the first book to apply proven business strategies to “”divorce-proof”” intimate relationships. The Business of Love can even result in a turnaround of a once-rocky relationship. Pinpointing the reasons for the decline in marriage, which is at a forty-year low, author Dr. Curtis explains why young people are postponing marriage later than ever and why most believe that single people are happier than those who are married. The book provides a step-by-step approach on how to apply business concepts to marriage, such as writing a marital vision statement or a detailed job description for the husband and wife, or how to set up a performance appraisal process and compensation system for a marriage. (Author abstract)