Rule # 7 - Manage your home with the same attention you give your Career “No one on his/her deathbed ever regretted not spending more time in the office.” The Family as a Hierarchy Some movies serve as good models of know-how. Remember the movie “Cheaper by the Dozen” with Clifton Webb as the father? The whole movie focused on his management techniques for his family of twelve children. Of course issues of limited time, sadness over death or divorce, and the frustrating dynamics of stepfamilies are rarely addressed in the movies or television. But, the idea of family management is dramatized and valued. Think back to your first day on a new job. You were probably given a manual and your boss or an experienced co-worker explained and showed you the jobs to be done. It took time to get it all down so that it became easy, but soon you knew your direction and responsibilities. After a while, it even felt good and was sometimes fun. On the job, we can enjoy the family of our co-workers. The same holds true for the family at home. We are all on the same team. The coach, or bosses, direct our efforts. We learn from leaders and grow to be leaders ourselves. The couple or the single parent starts with a mission statement. Every good company has one. Write one for the family. 1. Each person, including the children, writes down goals for the family and his or her goals. Yes, this may seem silly, and your family may balk at the idea. However, what was once never written, but simply understood in the villages, churches, and families across the world has now been altered. For many, the change has slid into no goals, little planning, and few positive rules for the order of things. To make families work, we need to re-establish these basics. 2. Talk about your ideas as a group, but the couple makes the final decision and writes the mission statement. On the basis of the mission statement family has agreed on certain values and goals. 3. Assign Tasks and responsibilities. First decide what jobs have done and responsibilities taken in order to best achieve your family’s mission. We need a clean and orderly house is the perfect example. Then decide who does what, and when and how the task will be performed i.e., Tom washes dishes, Mary is responsible for dusting. https://facebook/stepfamily?ref=hl youtube/watch?v=Wt5QnoJqBm4
Posted on: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 09:29:41 +0000
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