Working with family can be both rewarding and challenging. Done correctly it can be the best thing for your business. Done wrong it can be the end of more than just your business.
When we are self employed we need understanding and support from those closes to us, especially our spouse. If we then are working with our spouse we need systems and roles in place so that both work and home life can be enhanced, not hampered by this powerful opportunity.
To help us with this today host Steve Kidd is joined by Kerry and Adam Anderson. Kerry and Adam share the struggles they went through that nearly cost them their marriage and their business and then share with us the powerful strategies they have learned to allow couples to not just work together but to truly thrive in their life and business
Remember if you can learn the systems, tool and boundaries, working with your spouse can be one of the most powerful and impactful ways to run your company. But you will need to be clear on roles and responsibilities and you need to make use of some of the powerful tools designed to empower you, your family and your company.
A powerful tool to help both of you stop juggling all the events in your life and get control over your tasks, passwords, message and many other things across multiple devices and platforms is the personal information manager EssentialPIM – https://www.essentialpim.com/. Another are you absolutely must get and keep control over is your finances.One of the best systems for this is Freshbooks, a neat invoicing/accounting tool created for small businesses and the self-employed. To save you time, they have a wonderful set of free customizable invoice templates that you can send with just a click. You can get them at https://www.freeinvoicecreator.com/invoice-template/ Using online tools like these and so many others can be a game changer in how you communicate and succeed in your family run business.
Learn other tips and tricks for running a successful business with family on today’s episode of Thriving Entrepreneur

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Today is your day to maximize today!
Many things have happened in your past, both good and bad. Many exciting things will happen in your future. But you can’t do anything about yesterday or tomorrow. All you can do is make the most out of this 24 hours that we call TODAY.
When we learn to learn from events good and bad from our past and plan for an amazing future there is one most key element that must happen. We have to take those lessons, take those plans and we must maximize all we can do to make today the best day of our life so far. Tomorrow will be even greater, but only if today is the best it can be
To help us with this host Steve Kidd is joined by Nakia Boglin as she shares secrets from her book “Favor the Odds” and teaches us how to stack the odds in our favor. Then we hear from James Purpura as he share the powerful lessons found in he and his wife’s book “PERCEPTION: Seeing Is Not Believing” which has now been made into a movie
If we will take up the challenge of today. If we will make today the best it can be, then yesterdays struggles and tomorrow successes all will have a way to serve us best. Take this challenge and Maximize today as you listen to Thriving Entrepreneur

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