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If all you do is work, you will lose your family. The hours spent away from them will erode trust and love. The daily choice to work and not spend time with your wife or kids will build walls between you. Until it’s too late.
On the other side, if all you do is spend time with family, your work will suffer. If your work suffers, your paychecks dwindle. If your paychecks dwindle, you can’t provide for your family. Part of love is meeting needs. If you can’t meet the needs of your family, your “love” doesn’t really love to them.
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Balance
In order for both to happen effectively, you need to agree with yourself to settle for milder success in both areas.
It’s not always clear or easy, but I have guardrails in place. For example, I never bring my work laptop into bed. The bed is for rest. And marriage. If I work, I sit in a ch...
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When work and family compete for the same hours of the day, it’s not a “me or them” choice but rather a healthy balancing act requiring clear communication, flexibility, and good planning tools.
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The choice for founders between family and work is false.
It’s not a choice, because a choice implies it’s one or the other. It’s not. It’s tension. Tension is a this-or-that dilemma in which the answer is paradoxically both. It’s not a black and white decision — it’s more complex than that — it’s grey, somewhere in the middle. It’s a balanced see-saw o...
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