At first I thought it would be a breeze when my husband, Terry, joined me to work full time in my business. If anyone can do it, we can! We already had a healthy relationship based on trust and respect. Send us as well. We believe strongly both in what we were doing. We understand the need to help each other with the children, keeping house, and now. We planned to take into account the fluctuations in income to maintain the pressure of money to a minimum. So far I'm still not ready.
For anyone planning to work with your spouse, here are three borders vital for couples initiative to help ease your transition:
1. Clarify expectations for the work / home.
Nothing can prepare you for the lack of clarity of boundaries and turf that occur when moving to work together. When you register with your husband, and most likely, you are both successful throughout your career, and has developed a style of your work. Suddenly you have a whole new dynamic in your relationship with your husband, you must learn to work through. I always knew that we have the talent and capabilities: Terry is a very technical and he enjoys writing, and I am a person who is the miracle of people management. Even if you've seen it maybe the next, always amazed at the difference in the patterns of practice. I multi-task every day, and he prefers to work on one project at a time. Just like his marriage again, we had to put some effort to identify each other on a whole new level of power to work well together.
Butler House, the creator of the program Boca House has some helpful tips to clarify expectations with your spouse. "He has made us breakfast every day, we try to talk about the elements Beth BOCA that are urgent. This is our time to reconnect - it works in the home of the company wine that represents and I work from home to share my passion for learning a second language with young children. A strange mix, but works! We are talking about what each of us has scheduled the next day so there are no surprises - and I use this time to ask for help. I can not wait for him to guess what I need so I learned to be very precise. "
2. Allow time for love.
Most couples complain of their business and less time together than ever before. It is possible to work next to your husband in the same office every day, and speaks with difficulty on a personal level. How difficult is it to turn off the cell phone and talk a walk with your love? Must be to refer to a point to schedule time for your relationship with that and so the company did not exceed. Terry and I are planning for the future to increase and decrease for lunch or take a break at Starbucks. We found if we do not take the time to plan for these dates lunch or coffee, then they are less likely to occur and we are working to meet deadlines or get a project done. We have not yet been able to control the programming of "regularly scheduled", but next on our list of priorities to help keep our relationship close.
3. Schedule time for yourself.
Can be a shock when suddenly a lot of time with your husband. Earlier in your life, and left at 7:00 and came in 18 hours, then have you discussed your day at the dinner table. Now I spend most (if not all) of the day with them, and during dinner, and there is nothing new to discuss. This is where the time for you? Karen Fagan, the founder of Women of the team, "We both have hobbies that we love out of the house so we have this important time away."
Terry and I certainly go a long way to go as a couple of businessmen, but what we have done through the organization of projects we have a period of "honeymoon." Every day we work together to achieve our goals and dreams. We understand that when we help each other, we will achieve our dreams sooner, so we should help where there is a need for it!
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