Sacrificing Family For Business

Posted on Jun 29, 2010 | 3 comments

A man should never neglect his family for business ~ Walt Disney

Unfortunately I have “been there, done that” and it is not anything that I am proud to admit. However, it’s the truth and fact. More men than not also know exactly what I am talking about. The sad part is that wives and children know it, too.

As men, our wirings are part of the blame. We are wired in a manner to seek success and find fulfillment in our accomplishments at work. I believe that most of time our intentions are not to consciously sacrifice our families for business yet it happens anyways.

It is that report that you need to finish or the one last phone call that you need to complete. Today’s technologically insane culture contributes to the issue by making it more difficult to unplug from the business environment and more likely that family gets the proverbial short end of the stick.

Systematizing your business or work environment helps. Building the necessary systems will help to streamline and increase efficiencies in your own actions. These same systems enable you reduce your workload through outsourcing or delegation of activities to others.

Yet even systems are not enough. Each day it is up to you on whether you sacrifice family for business. Can you turn it off, shut it down, and walk away proudly in what you have accomplished for this day and know that whatever work remains will be ready for you to tackle tomorrow morning?