What Is A Family First Entrepreneur?
Posted on 30 October 2008 by cory
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Over the last few years, I have started down my path to becoming a Family First Entrepreneur. These three words came from a brain storming session I had while on a road trip. I was trying to come up with a “simple idea” that cut to the marrow of how I see myself as a person. When I voiced the words, “Family First Entrepreneur,” I realized I had created a statement that was simple enough and powerful enough to create a movement.
A Family First Entrepreneur is someone with an entrepreneurial mindset who keeps his or her family first. As we look deeper into this definition, we must acknowledge that when business people put their families first, those two elements—business and family—affect one another in profound ways. For example, when I want time with my kids, that choice relates to and has a direct effect on the time I spend on business and other endeavors. Family First Entrepreneurs make business choices based on the potential impact they will have on their families first, and on business profitability second.
Another impact that people who align with this principle realize is that their families’ ability to function properly can also affect business. There is nothing like family trauma to make a day at work both unbearable and unproductive. They realize they need a healthy marriage and family life to be their best while producing a living. You can see that one affects the other in profound ways, so Family First Entrepreneurs need a healthy work-life balance.
Lastly, Family First Entrepreneurs have an attitude about wealth creation which puts the goal of building wealth for the enhancement of their family first, and for “material possessions” second. Things like time with family are bought before the Ferrari.
Whether you’re an empty nester, a single person, or have chosen to not have children, you still have a “family.” If you are someone who puts your family first, who wants work-life balance, and who would enjoy creating wealth entrepreneurially…I welcome you to the club.
You can read more of Marc’s blogs and learn about his new book “ONO, Options not Obligations” at www.MarcWarnke.com.
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October 30th, 2008 at 10:06 am
I like this definition. It “resonates” well with what I have been trying to achieve for myself in terms of a lifestyle.
Wife is the workaholic between the 2 of us, and with 2 kids now, I am quite happy being the less career-ambitious one to spend more time with them- naturally I am the favourite with the older kid (girl); the boy is only 9 months now (though he is already starting to show ability for affinity).
As for being an entreprenuer, I can’t quite say I am there yet; I haven’t found the right formula for an online venture to justify going fulltime and presumably be a SAHD, and of course, the courage.
By the way, this blog’s been given an award
October 30th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
I like how you talked about needing a healthy family and marriage to be productive. Sometimes I hear people say “you need to separate your home life from work life and don’t bring personal issues to work” but even if you don’t talk about personal issues they will effect your work no matter how hard you try.