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WorkingParents #BalancingAct #SuccessfulBusiness
Hey there, fellow parents and entrepreneurs! ๐ I’m curious to hear from those of you who are juggling multiple kids and a thriving business. How do you manage to keep all the balls in the air without dropping any?
Here are a few thoughts from my end, but I would love to hear your insights:
- Time Management: Setting a schedule and sticking to it can help you stay organized and ensure you have dedicated time for both work and family.
- Delegation: Don’t be afraid to ask for help, whether it’s from a spouse, family member, or hired support. You can’t do it all alone!
- Self-care: Taking care of yourself is crucial in order to be able to effectively care for your family and run a successful business. Make sure to carve out time for yourself each day.
So, tell me, how do you make it work? Let’s share our tips and tricks so we can all learn and grow together! ๐๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ๐ผ
1) spouse
2) employees
ideally both good ones
Help! Having family nearby makes a big difference. Having staff doing what they need to be doing is crucial. Cameras that you can remote view what’s going on helps to an extent.
We have 3 kids (6, 15, 17). My wife is finishing law school and working full-time.
I have 4 locations, 1 is 10 hours away by car, and the other is 6.
It’s difficult, to say the least. Going to sleep early and waking up early to start on emails helps a lot too.
7 years company, 100 employees,, brick n mortal company. 2 kids (3 months other 2 years) . The strongest suggestion I have is, live very closeby the work. (in my case is 2 minutes from work..) also staff to help. Living very close from work makes me visit then sometimes during the day. I can eat with then. I can work after hours and weekend, as sometimes wife and kid(the 2 year) just show at my work. Who knows me are divided, some people say what I do is crazy putting family to live so closeby to my work but I think this is one of the strongest points in my life/family balance.
Lose my mind daily
Always going 150km/hr
Anxiety level 62
Honestly, it’s chaos. Prioritize, outsource, and pray for coffee.
Can someone give me advice.
– Single Parent, 1 daughter
– no spouse
– working 80+ hours remote to fund the business
– doing behind the scenes things now and building the physical business next year
I live in Chicago so Iโm looking for a living change with a building that offer services and amenities like delivery, maid service..anything that can give me more time. My body is physically tired and I havenโt really started yet.
I want a spouse and more kids but these seems like more stress & work. I need relief, not more pressure.
Great oldschool wife,otherwise forget it.
I have 4 kids under 8 hahaha it’s not for the isn’t of heart and some nights I get 4 hours of sleep max. I homeschool too haha idk how I do it honestly besides my ability to function well on little sleep ๐ด
Homeschooling makes it more lax, I don’t have to worry about school drop off. Two of the kids want to go to private school in the fall though and I will pay for a shuttle service from the private school because I don’t have time for drop offs and pick ups. Other than that you teach your kids independence and give them endless love when you’re around there for the times you’re distracted are fine since you’re already filling their love buckets.
I also moved my parents to my location and that helps a ton. If there is an emergency I have a stay at home gma lol
My blood is basically red bull at this point
Help!
I have absolutely amazing employees who are very reliable.
When I do have to work all I hear is how great my workers are to almost every customer.
I also have an amazing wife who has the ability to work remotely.
Maxing out anything can feel overwhelming in the beginning when the experience is new. It’s healthy for growth. Progressive Overload
You grow into things, and you regain a new normal; it’s what makes us so powerful as humans.
I have 10 children. 8 were still at home when we started our business. Both of us worked full-time, and some of the kiddos we in college and a couple were home schooling.
We are successful with our business and have 5 kids at home now, but now we live full-time in a 45′ 5th wheel toy hauler camper.
If anyone suddenly woke up with 10 kids all at once, they would be in a world of hurt.
If you woke up and had a successful business out of thin air, you would have problems.
You grow into all situations through constant progressive overload. This is what allows you to grow in all areas.
So, if you’re overwhelmed at the moment, push further because you are removing and replacing your comfort zone. This is the non-stop reality for those who want to grow in life and business.
Iโve been doing this for 40 years with multiple businesses. We have 5 kids, all grown now. Most of our children have worked in at least one of our businesses while growing up.
I could not have done it without my patient and beautiful wife. She is a full time mom. I consider balancing business/family one of the most difficult things I have ever done; but also the most rewarding.
My suggestions;
Have dinner as a family as much as possible.
Limit time away from home (if you can)
Coach your kids sports teams.
Read a book to your kids at bedtime.
Find a solid number 2 in your business as soon as you can.
And last, but not least, tell your wife how much you appreciate her.
Good luck!
Adoption.
I took my company remote in 2021 because my clients all preferred zoom meetings and I had a 1 year old at home. This move also saved me $3,000/month in overhead which was a nice perk. Now I have a 4 year old and a 3 month old and still making the remote concept work for us. Thankfully, prior to this transition, I purchased a home with the extra space for a home office. Itโs worked very well for me as I can have access to my work 24/7. I have daily calls with my team to stay on the same page. We also primarily work on location at our clientโs facilities so havenโt experienced many issues. I imagine Iโll eventually go back to a physical office but for the moment this is allowing me to raise my kids which is more important to me than anything else.
my parents managed working, starting a business, having 4 kids over a 3.5 year period all at the same time. their trick was the 15+ years of being DINK’s in accounting jobs before their first child and having a sizeable savings so my dad could retire as a stay at home dad while my mom focused on growing her business. she also basically didn’t do anything besides work and spend time with family for years until we graduated school and moved out, working at least 8-10+ hours a day and a half day on saturday for most of my childhood. her business required her to travel all over our state to her 17 locations at least once a month to make sure theyre still running properly, some days shed spend 6-8 hours just being driven around doing work on her laptop.
I struggled until I replaced the word balance with prioritize.
Obviously there is the magical 3rd denominator which is urgency which can shift the balance. But my rule of thumb is to prioritize.
No kids of my own but we do have two fur babies and I babysit my nieces/nephews and godchildren a couple times a month.
3 kids.
Run an [app design agency. ](https://www.24hour.design)
The wife stays at home with the kids, but **she’s the highest-paid employee.**
I moved to France so I could help during the day (see them) and work at night (US hours).
Quite the adventure, but it’s lovely and worthwhile. I’ve seen many super successful millionaires, and billionaires not prioritize family (or not know how) and their kids turned out not so great.
Just my experience!
I took them to work with me when they were young. My first at 2 weeks old and my second at 2 days old. We didnโt have family to help so this was the only option. The business does much better now so I now mostly work from home so Iโm free to drive them to school and activities all day long.
Manufacture seasaws for swing parks, save on build costs by putting the twins on each side to check for quality assurance.
Not my example because iโm struggling with 1 kid lol. My mother has 4 businesses in various sectors (telecommunications, logistics, healthcare, software development) and 3 grown children.
She started her business maybe 25 years ago and worked her ass off. When she had my sisters, she was still on the phone with client while being pushed into the birthing room. She was back to work 1 week after giving birth.
She was the sole earner, still did loads of housework when needed as the maids werenโt up to my dadโs standards. She had a stroke once during a board meeting and people had to force her to leave for the hospital, she still wanted to finish the meeting before leaving. She told me she wanted to retire but itโs difficult to leave when 300+ people are relying on her. She built the business from scratch so she doesnโt want to sell it to just anyone.
Lots of people sayin’ it’s rough, man. Think I’ll stick with my dog for now.
In certain ways having two kids is easier than one. They will have each other to play and fight with instead of you. Itโs going to be a challenge when theyโre babies. Itโs worth the challenge if you love being a parent.
Iโm a single father with three kids. I manage two companies with & fifty employees. I started the companies ten years ago using my savings and debt.
My point is if I can do it, so can you! Kids may be the motivating factor that leads to your success. I wish you and your growing family all the best ๐.
I couldn’t. I started my business in 2016 with three daughters under 5, and it was eventually just too much. I had a seasonal summer boat tour company grossing $400k / netting me $140k a year, but the tradeoff of missing summers with my girls wasn’t worth it. Ended up selling the biz in 2021. I had a full time corporate job the whole time, so it was easier to walk away.
Now that they’re getting older though, I’ll probably start something else in the next 2-3 years.
We had a property we managed plus 2 businesses when the kids were 7 and 8. 1 year after we opened mother in law had a stroke. So we took care of her too.
Luckily the shop had extra space and a kitchen. We always lived close to the shop and their school. We stayed in that location til they graduated and cashed out in 2022.
Thats hard
I have three kids under 5. My husband works from home do we swap watching the kids all day. I also bring my mom over twice a week.
Even then.. Iโm barely hanging on. ๐