We have been working hard in this column for several months now...business, business, business! Yet part of what I have discussed is the balance possible to be achieved in owning a business.
The balance to take control of your life and not let work dominate to the exclusion of other facets. I practice what I preach. Today I offer proof and discuss why that balance is really an investment in the business.
I've mentioned before that my Internet dominated business structure had it's origins in the introduction of the fax machine, the chunky first PCs, VisiCalc, and other seed software. I saw the potential to develop flexibility in how I structured and managed my business. The Internet was not very developed, but when it arrived it was added to the growing list of tools that I sought to master to gain more control of my life.
Today I often get into discussions with others about work; how much time and energy is devoted to that part of their lives. My wife is a good example. She works in a school system, the finance manager for a middle school. Millions of dollars flow through her control. Schools are big business these days! We live north of the city of Houston. Her school is in the southwest part of the city. Her 50 mile commute to that job amounts to two stressful hours each day!
Before we moved to our present home seven years ago, she was one half mile from her school. I kept asking her; "Are you sure you want to move that far from your work? Would you consider a transfer to another school closer to the new location?" She made the decision to stay at the school where she was comfortable.
Today the commute is a major stress source and energy drain for my wife. It also is for others I chat with regularly. Three in our own Acorn family. Often they envy my lack of a similar commute. How lucky I am!
Luck had nothing to do with it. I planned it . . . .Click below to read on!
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