How to Get Your Priorities Right
When my son Trent was 11, I attended a presentation on “Raising Boys.” I already felt competent having a daughter and wanted more insight to the world of boys, which is much more simpler than raising girls!
Boys from the age of 6 -14 really need ‘time’ with their dads. That is the most influential period in their lives when they bond with him. And the type of time they need is not all thrown into a ‘once a week’ or ‘month’ block or some exotic holiday once a year.They need to spend time with their sons on a regular basis. Otherwise how can you build a strong and stable relationship? Commonsense, isn’t it?
For the single mums reading this, don’t despair. If you are estranged from your partner and bringing up your son alone, having a positive male role model in his life, i.e. uncle, brother, grandfather, teacher, tennis coach, etc. will work as well.
It’s vitally important to get your priorities right. 
What’s happening in our society in the chase for the almighty dollar and in many instances the big ego, our relationships are breaking down. Business owners are generally totally dominated by their business. They have little energy to invest in themselves and their families. Do you know of anyone like that?
Are you hoping that one day, work will ease off and then you can spend more time with your family? Do you really need a bigger house, nicer car or overseas holiday? Will that improve your relationships? Do you think that you’ll (hopefully) stumble on the secrets to getting more time back in your life?
If that’s the way you live your life, your kids will probably be all grown up and not really need or want you and the same goes for your partner.
For those of you old enough to remember, Harry Chapin recorded a song called “Cats in the Cradle”. It was about a young boy whose Dad was always busy working. He never seemed to be available when his son wanted to be with him. Over the years this continued until the boy became an adult. By then his Dad had retired and had time on his hands, however his son had now become too busy to see his Dad. He too was working and had kids. The tables had turned. All of a sudden the Dad realised what he had done. He was too busy caught up in his work and missed out on his son growing up.
Get your priorities right. If you want to free up your time, organise your systems and run your business much more effectively and profitably allowing you more time with your family, then check out “The Productivity and Profit Home Study System”. You can read the success stories and get your own copy at http://www.productivityqueen.com/profit.html
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Lorraine Pirihi, The Productivity Queen, is Australia’s leading Productivity Specialist and creator of “The Productivity and Profit System TM” the complete one-on-one training program for solopreneurs and small businesses that shows business owners exactly how to work less and earn more! To receive your F.R.E.E. CD & Report “3 Steps to Dramatically Reducing Your Workload and Stress While Maximising Your Profit$! ($77 value) go to www.productivityqueen.com.
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