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The Secrets To Working With Your Spouse When You Start A Home-Based BusinessThese are 5 simple secrets that will help you to start a home-based business and work at home with your spouse more effectively.1. You must be open to accepting constructive criticism. Just because the source of the criticism is your spouse that does not mean that it is not valid and beneficial. Ideally any business related criticism should come during the specific time that you have set aside to discuss business issues and not when you are planning a romantic night for two! 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. Set aside some time where you can get away from the home to do strategy sessions for your business. It is a good idea to do this once a quarter and review how you are progressing towards your goals. You can do this over dinner, go to a quiet bar or coffee shop, attend a winery, anyplace where the environment is conducive for this type of meeting. 4. Avoid business discussions during the time set aside for dating. Spouses should continue to date each other and this is not the time to discuss business even if you both enjoy it. This is the time to be together as a couple. 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. As you start a home based business with your spouse it can be a major life change so it is important that you recognize this and plan for it accordingly so that there is no interference with your marriage and family. __________ 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 shows families how to start writing ebooks. Go get his 3 free videos at http://www.8weekstoprofits.com so you can start today. 7:02 AM - Jun. 19, 2009 - post comment
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