Personally, we love working together, but we know not everyone. After working together more than a quarter century, we believe to be in business together can make or break a marriage. While many couples complain of not having enough time together, those working together have the opposite dilemma! Sometimes too much complicity can lead to restlessness or boredom with your spouse or frequent conflicts on the little things.
Here are some tips on how to work with your spouse to make both your marriage and your successful business partnership.
- You both need to have a sense of humor.
- Working for common goals and define the rules for your business partnership on the ground in the early stages of your business partnership.
- agree not agree at once. Be prepared to make difficult decisions together.
- Eliminating power struggles or control problems.
- Discuss your visions of the company, the family and marriage so that together you can create a common vision for the future.
- have realistic expectations.
- Let another space to be alone in having your own separate offices or corners, computers, etc.
- do not be stuck if one of you wants to take a walk alone, go shopping alone, etc.
- Discover your strengths and weaknesses. Discuss your strengths can complement and compensate for these things you are not so great at every hand.
- not in competition with one another. You each have your areas of expertise. Assess the strengths and talents.
- confidence that when one of you said you're going to do something, it's done.
- Divide your business responsibilities between the two of you, but be flexible who does what when there is a tight deadline or one of you does not feel well.
- Begin each day by sharing your expectations of the day with each other. This includes race running, shipments to be sent, phone calls to be returned, orders to be processed, inventory concerns, needing a vacation or a break during the day, deadlines for articles to write, e -mails to be answered, wanting to run for the hills screaming, looking at your calendar prior appointments, etc.
- While you work together, you can work differently or have different body clocks. Be sensitive to your work style differences.
- Consider your computers for networking so you share a printer and have access to all files.
- When you are angry with another, consider the benefits of working together. Benefits include the ability to share your day together, spend your time with someone you love and respect, and the many benefits for your children to have parents who love being together.
- Keep your working time and time of the separated family. Most couples who work together end up working more hours than others who are self-employed, so it's important to set a schedule and try to stick to it. Keep the limits of your time when at home or during leisure.
- When not at work, do not talk about work when possible. Make an effort to dismiss it.
- Working together requires that you have good communication skills. Communication with each other is the key to being able to be with another 24 hours a day. You must also have respect for each other, and of course, trust.
Working together can be a challenge and a joy. For those who are in trouble, there are ways to make it work better for you both. If you think working together greatly affect your wedding, one of you may want to explore other possibilities!
You might read an article in LATINA Emerson The Augusta Chronicle "Working and living together", sharing the stories of four married couples and offers tips for working together.
* Article updated by Marni Feuerman
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