Hub You - Hidden Traps for Life Partners Who Work Together

Neither couple I describe knows the other couple, but their stories are strikingly similar.

Craig and Warren are both recently retired executives. Craig’s wife, Marcy, owns and operates a website design firm.  Warren’s wife, Sharon, owns an exclusive gift shop.  Both businesses are successful, and each woman finds business ownership personally satisfying and rewarding.  Both women requested couples coaching for similar reasons.  Their husbands were interfering in their businesses.

Craig and Marcy were newlyweds.  It was a long distance romance, and they both were delighted when his retirement allowed them to be together.  His unspoken plan was to help her with her business so that she could work less, and they could spend more time together.  Her plan, also unspoken, was to continue to develop her business in order to sell it in a few years and fund her own retirement.

Craig enthusiastically earned his certification in web design.  He found the new information fun and refreshing after years of heavy corporate responsibility.  Marcy was delighted that he was busy and happy, until he started to help her with her work.  She found his suggestions insulting. It was her business, she was the expert, and she supervised many designers and negotiated profitable contracts.  Now he, a novice, was trying to tell her what to do!

Warren and Sharon did talk to each other about their plans and goals.  Warren felt that his expertise could be put to good use in Sharon’s business.  He convinced her, against her “better judgment,” that expanding the business would create long term benefits for both of them.  She decided to go along with his ideas.

They made plans together, expanded their capacity, hired several new employees, and Warren started pressuring everyone to be more productive.  Sharon began to hate going to work.  She had loved the personal contact with her customers,  but now she spent most of her time managing employees and trying to keep Warren calm.

Both women knew they were angry about their husbands’ interference, but neither could communicate about it effectively.  Each was trying to balance keeping the peace, supporting their husbands and taking care of themselves and their businesses.  Each time the women tried to discuss their own discomfort, their husbands would logically explain that they were only trying to help their wives.

The Traveling Office: Organizing Your Car
"I wish I had ____ with me." You fill in the blank. How many times have you been offsite, meeting with a client, only to discover you were missing a form or a brochure that would have helped you wrap up a discussion?Whether you are in sales, real estate, consulting or a variety of other jobs, travel is usually involved. Even when you spend most of your day in an office, you still have to travel back and forth, often bringing work with you, or you might be meeting a client for lunch, and have that, "I wish I had…" comment running through your mind.Here are some basics that would benefit everyone.Front Seat Calendar: Since everyone is now reachable at any time by cell phone, you would want to have a calendar handy, whether paper or electronic. If you use an electronic calendar but are not syncing with your PDA, then you can periodically print out a monthly calendar and , and each woman finds business ownership personally satisfying and rewarding.  Both women requested couples coaching for similar reasons.  Their husbands were interfering in their businesses.

Craig and Marcy were newlyweds.  It was a long distance romance, and they both were delighted when his retirement allowed them to be together.  His unspoken plan was to help her with her business so that she could work less, and they could spend more time together.  Her plan, also unspoken, was to continue to develop her business in order to sell it in a few years and fund her own retirement.

Craig enthusiastically earned his certification in web design.  He found the new information fun and refreshing after years of heavy corporate responsibility.  Marcy was delighted that he was busy and happy, until he started to help her with her work.  She found his suggestions insulting. It was her business, she was the expert, and she supervised many designers and negotiated profitable contracts.  Now he, a novice, was trying to tell her what to do!

Warren and Sharon did talk to each other about their plans and goals.  Warren felt that his expertise could be put to good use in Sharon’s business.  He convinced her, against her “better judgment,” that expanding the business would create long term benefits for both of them.  She decided to go along with his ideas.

They made plans together, expanded their capacity, hired several new employees, and Warren started pressuring everyone to be more productive.  Sharon began to hate going to work.  She had loved the personal contact with her customers,  but now she spent most of her time managing employees and trying to keep Warren calm.

Both women knew they were angry about their husbands’ interference, but neither could communicate about it effectively.  Each was trying to balance keeping the peace, supporting their husbands and taking care of themselves and their businesses.  Each time the women tried to discuss their own discomfort, their husbands would logically explain that they were only trying to help their wives.

Lease Versus Own
The foundation for success…A common challenge for all businesses is how to pay for the equipment needed to perform their services. Even among experts and professionals, opinions will often vary. The one thing you must recognize is that each business is unique and there are no standards that work for everyone. Only you know what your capital reserves are and what type of reserves your business will require from month-to-month. While some businesses are more sophisticated than others, only you have access to the full spectrum of your financial position today and the forecast of what responsibilities there are to come. It is not only essential that you prepare yourself adequately; it’s crucial.In the beginning, one of the first professionals you should confer with is a Tax professional. This person can view your company in its totality and then match your company’s needs with the proper tax plan. It is an accepted belief that prope 1.0pt"> 

Craig enthusiastically earned his certification in web design.  He found the new information fun and refreshing after years of heavy corporate responsibility.  Marcy was delighted that he was busy and happy, until he started to help her with her work.  She found his suggestions insulting. It was her business, she was the expert, and she supervised many designers and negotiated profitable contracts.  Now he, a novice, was trying to tell her what to do!

Warren and Sharon did talk to each other about their plans and goals.  Warren felt that his expertise could be put to good use in Sharon’s business.  He convinced her, against her “better judgment,” that expanding the business would create long term benefits for both of them.  She decided to go along with his ideas.

They made plans together, expanded their capacity, hired several new employees, and Warren started pressuring everyone to be more productive.  Sharon began to hate going to work.  She had loved the personal contact with her customers,  but now she spent most of her time managing employees and trying to keep Warren calm.

Both women knew they were angry about their husbands’ interference, but neither could communicate about it effectively.  Each was trying to balance keeping the peace, supporting their husbands and taking care of themselves and their businesses.  Each time the women tried to discuss their own discomfort, their husbands would logically explain that they were only trying to help their wives.

Getting the Most out of Your Packaging
Most of you probably didn't start your business and immediately think about packaging. You focused all your energy on your product, trying different formulas to make it better. Then once you were happy with your end product, you had to concern yourself with how to make it in larger quantities. Then suddenly you realized you needed some kind of packaging for your products. If this sounds like you, you are not alone. Packaging is one of the biggest challenges for anyone selling retail products.Let's start with a couple of packaging success stories. Sometimes you can learn a lot by looking outside your own industry, so my first success story comes from the wine industry. The wine industry is large with tens of thousands of companies competing for our attention with hundreds of thousands of products. It is very difficult for a newcomer to make a successful business, let alone become the number one wine brand. A few years ago most people would havso-spacerun: yes"> Warren felt that his expertise could be put to good use in Sharon’s business.  He convinced her, against her “better judgment,” that expanding the business would create long term benefits for both of them.  She decided to go along with his ideas.

They made plans together, expanded their capacity, hired several new employees, and Warren started pressuring everyone to be more productive.  Sharon began to hate going to work.  She had loved the personal contact with her customers,  but now she spent most of her time managing employees and trying to keep Warren calm.

Both women knew they were angry about their husbands’ interference, but neither could communicate about it effectively.  Each was trying to balance keeping the peace, supporting their husbands and taking care of themselves and their businesses.  Each time the women tried to discuss their own discomfort, their husbands would logically explain that they were only trying to help their wives.

The Art Business: A Great Opportunity
Searching for a legitimate business opportunity takes time and research. There is no business opportunity that you should ever get into that makes unrealistic demands. If there is a sense of urgency, a one time only offer that ends tomorrow, or an extremely reduced price offer, you should know that there is something wrong. There are other things to look for as well.Illegitimate business opportunities try to pressure searching entrepreneurs into making decisions at the spur of the moment. Once they have you on the phone or you visit their website, they won’t let you leave until you make a decision. Everyone in business has a sense of urgency. We all want to get deals on the table and stir up that emotion to seal the deal. But, when a company won’t let you research the business opportunity and put the appropriate time into looking at it, that’s a sure sign you should pass on it.If it’s a one time only offer, you should pass on it too. Lut now she spent most of her time managing employees and trying to keep Warren calm.

Both women knew they were angry about their husbands’ interference, but neither could communicate about it effectively.  Each was trying to balance keeping the peace, supporting their husbands and taking care of themselves and their businesses.  Each time the women tried to discuss their own discomfort, their husbands would logically explain that they were only trying to help their wives.

During our sessions we uncovered the hidden assumptions and discussed them.  When each man discovered the cause of their respective spouse’s feelings they was astonished to learn about the negative effects of genuinely trying to help their wives.

Neither of the men had thought much about how they were going to find a meaningful way to fill their time after retirement, and simply picked up what was convenient—their wife’s business.  As the women learned to protect their own boundaries, a new conversation emerged.  Each man needed to explore their own options for finding their own fulfilling activities.

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