{"id":13196,"date":"2016-02-17T01:27:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T08:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=13196"},"modified":"2020-06-12T11:51:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T18:51:46","slug":"how-to-manage-starting-a-business-with-your-husband-or-significant-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=13196","title":{"rendered":"How to manage starting a business with your husband or significant other?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, this is Laura Lee Rose \u2013 author of TimePeace: Making peace with time<\/a> \u2013 and I am a business and efficiency coach that specializes in time management, project management and work-life balance strategies. I help busy professionals and entrepreneurs create effective systems so that they can comfortably delegate to others, be more profitable and have time to enjoy life even if they don\u2019t have time to learn new technology or train their staff.\u00a0 I have a knack for taking big ideas and converting them into smart, sound, and actionable ideas.<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, I transform the way you run your business into a business you love to run.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s comment came from a busy professional and an entrepreneur:<\/p>\n

How to manage starting a business with your husband or significant other?<\/h2>\n

Like many advice against going into business with your friends, I’m sure they advise against going into business your husband. Too late, I already did! We started our own Vermont Maple Syrup product line in Florida where we live and we hope to expand in the south. While I love him very much, it can be difficult to leave our work at work at the end of the day. How do you manage a work \/ life balance when your work and personal life overlap so often?<\/em><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Fight It<\/h2>\n

It’s difficult to “not talk” about what you are passionate about – with your best friend. You’ve started your own business because you love what you are doing, and you are doing it with someone you love. Therefore, my recommendation isn’t to fight the desire to talk about things you love. Unlike a regular “work-day” – your work is tied to your passion.<\/p>\n

One recommendation is to forget about leaving work at work — instead block off quality \u201cnon-work\u201d time. By this I mean, agree not to talk about work at certain personal times and locations.<\/p>\n

For instance (pick one or more):<\/p>\n