Here are 5 tips that will help you to work at home successfully with your spouse.
1. Have a willingness to accept criticism.
Criticism can help you improve so you should be willing to accept it even if the source of the criticism is your spouse. After all, you are now in business together and as long as your spouse reserves business criticism for the hours of operation that you run your business there is no reason why you need to be defensive about it.
2. Keep the wall of separation up between issues that affect you home-based business and issues that affect your marriage.
It is not appropriate to bring up conversations that are better served for family time while you are running the business together. It is a given that you are both going to have different opinions about issues. That said, there is a time and a place for everything. It is also not appropriate to bring up conversations that are better served for business time during family time.
3. You and your spouse should have a certain time every few months or so where you meet outside of the house to strategize for the business.
This allows the two of you to meet in a different environment. There are a number of locations that will work for this type of meeting, such as a nice restaurant, a quiet lounge or bar, a hotel and more.
4. When you have a date night make sure that business is not the topic of discussion.
Even if you both enjoy what you do this can be a very unhealthy habit. You need time to be together as a couple without the business.
5. Go to a business conference together.
You should stay one day after the conference so you can identify ways that you can apply what you learned and who you met that you might want to partner with in your the business. It is also good to have your spouse at these conferences as you tend to be more focused than if you go on your own.
When you start a home based business with your spouse it can be a rewarding and fun event, but it is important that you make sure that you keep your relationship strong both while working and outside of working.
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Copyright Stephen Beck, 2009
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How To Start Home Business That Runs Successfully With Your Spouse
In our last article, we talked about how to start a home business successfully with your spouse. Here are some additional tips that will help you and your spouse run that business successfully.
1. Plan time to discuss how the upcoming week is going to work.
During this time you can decide who is going to work on what and determine what needs to be done this week. A great time to do this is on Monday mornings. Whatever time you decide that this meeting is going to take place, it should be at that set time every week so that it is easy to remember.
2. Separate which one of you is going to be responsible for completing each task in the business and write it down.
It is a good idea to have it in a centralized location such as a white board in your home office. You can create columns for the two of you and additional columns if you have employees or people you outsource to. It should also include calendar events as well.
3. Track business and family appointments on a large calendar with various colors.
One benefit to starting a home business is the ability to schedule business activities around family events and this will aid you in this task.
4. Use strengths appropriately.
Each of you should focus on what you are strong at and hire or outsource out the rest. If you are going to hire employees or contractors make sure you decide and make clear which of you they will work for and what they are responsible for working on so that there is no confusion.
5. Meet before you start home business to plan out household responsibilities.
You should know who is going to pick the kids up from school and take them to their various activities. You should determine who is going to do the cooking and the cleaning around the house. Determining these tasks in advance will save you lots of frustration.
6. Figure out what each of you are working on in the business and come up with a game plan for what will happen should one of you need to step away.
Think about what it will cost to hire someone to do those tasks instead. This is part of contingency planning, which is vital, especially if one of you gets pregnant or has other situations that require your attention other than the business.
The key with all of these tips is to plan, plan and plan some more. Planning in advance will make everything easier when you start home business.
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Copyright Stephen Beck, 2009
You have permission to reprint this article, as long as you don’t make any changes and include the bio below.
Stephen Beck teaches families how to start a Christian home-based business. Go get his free website traffic report at http://www.familyebiz.com/blog/ so your family can begin today.
1. Plan time to discuss how the upcoming week is going to work.
During this time you can decide who is going to work on what and determine what needs to be done this week. A great time to do this is on Monday mornings. Whatever time you decide that this meeting is going to take place, it should be at that set time every week so that it is easy to remember.
2. Separate which one of you is going to be responsible for completing each task in the business and write it down.
It is a good idea to have it in a centralized location such as a white board in your home office. You can create columns for the two of you and additional columns if you have employees or people you outsource to. It should also include calendar events as well.
3. Track business and family appointments on a large calendar with various colors.
One benefit to starting a home business is the ability to schedule business activities around family events and this will aid you in this task.
4. Use strengths appropriately.
Each of you should focus on what you are strong at and hire or outsource out the rest. If you are going to hire employees or contractors make sure you decide and make clear which of you they will work for and what they are responsible for working on so that there is no confusion.
5. Meet before you start home business to plan out household responsibilities.
You should know who is going to pick the kids up from school and take them to their various activities. You should determine who is going to do the cooking and the cleaning around the house. Determining these tasks in advance will save you lots of frustration.
6. Figure out what each of you are working on in the business and come up with a game plan for what will happen should one of you need to step away.
Think about what it will cost to hire someone to do those tasks instead. This is part of contingency planning, which is vital, especially if one of you gets pregnant or has other situations that require your attention other than the business.
The key with all of these tips is to plan, plan and plan some more. Planning in advance will make everything easier when you start home business.
_____________________
Copyright Stephen Beck, 2009
You have permission to reprint this article, as long as you don’t make any changes and include the bio below.
Stephen Beck teaches families how to start a Christian home-based business. Go get his free website traffic report at http://www.familyebiz.com/blog/ so your family can begin today.
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