If you and your spouse or partner are in business together, you gotta take time to read Hal Alpiar’s blog on how to make the relationship work. And how not to. Example:
Bedtime in the bedroom is simply not the right time or the right place to talk about sales, distribution, taxes, accounts payable, collections, irate customers, business investments, R&D projects, bank loans, marketing programs, or employee performance.
“When you eat, sleep, and drink the business,” he says, “it’s often difficult to separate personal issues and concerns, to live personal lives, to be preserving your relationships.”
Good stuff here, and hey, it’s free. Click over to Alpiar’s blog and read “Sleeping With The Boss?”