View from the Summit

I can’t tell you how many times over the course of my marriage that if communication were not intentional we would have driven off a cliff.

We have owned many businesses and my work schedule has been grueling. There has been and will continue to be a give and take mindset for both of us.

Our next anniversary will be 35 years and I will have to say we both agree that communication has been a huge component of our success.

I have had to work at creating a healthy marriage.

One of the most important keys was surrounding myself with "men of excellence and wisdom".

I have been in accountability groups or mastermind groups searching for the truth. Along with that I make myself vulnerable and totally transparent before them.

I have discovered that men will only share to the depth with you that you are willing to go with them.

Is your career a blessing to you and your family or a curse?  Can you truly achieve family business balance?

Balancing business and family is tough to do right.
Is yours worth the effort? I bet it is.

How do you view family? Is it a meaningful relationship overshadowed with love and compassion? Or, is it an agonizing experience filled with criticism, dishonor and rebellion? 

• Where else but family can you go to talk about the difficult things - where nothing is "taboo"?
• Family is the place where kids can ask tough questions and get honest answers... like, "I don't know, go ask your mother."
• Family is the place where a husband and wife can be vulnerable AND totally accepted just as they are.
• Family should be the place where people are treated like friends