DO YOU HAVE DINNERS AROUND THE TABLE AS A FAMILY?
I get it, life is busy. You’re trying to run a successful business, you have your family, your spouse and your kids pulling you in multiple directions – it’s a lot. But I’ve seen the power of simple intentional conversations and the resulting transformation that happens with the families we work with, whether it’s at Camp Luminary, our mastermind members, or our Co(op) community. And I want that for you, too.
Today we are sharing the five conversations every entrepreneur should have with their family to connect, to grow and to dream big. Even if it’s one dinner a week, start there. Even if it has to be at 9pm because that’s the only time that everybody’s home, start there. Even if it’s canceling plans on a Friday night to be together, start there. If you’re not quite there yet, today we’re going to walk through some ways that you can reclaim authority over these categories of your life and have these really powerful conversations that need to happen!
Let’s raise them up right!
IN THIS EPISODE, WE COVER:
[2:13] Reclaiming Authority Over Your Time
Reclaiming authority over the time you have available for your family members, to connect and have real conversations with your kids, can feel like an absolute battle but the trick is to be intentional, to prepare ahead of time, to stick with it and to let it be a core value of your family.
Before we jump into the questions and the conversations, I have a few tips for you:
- If some of the upcoming questions seem a little too complicated or deep for your children’s ages, I’m going to encourage you to still give them a try. Give your kids credit. You might be surprised what your little ones come up with.
- Have an answer to share if no one has anything to share. It might be awkward to start at first because this is about establishing a rhythm that doesn’t yet exist for many people. So, be prepared to lead.
- Start with the easier questions so you can get people to start talking. Move on to the more difficult ones as people get more comfortable.
- There’s no strict rule around this, it’s not a one size fits all. This is about finding what works for you and your family.
- What kind of feeling do we want to have in our home?
- What kind of home would you like to invite your friends to?
- What would make you want to come home?
- What kind of family do we want to be?
- What kind of relationships do we want to have with one another?
- What things are truly important to our family?
- What do we value?
- What do we want to do?
- Who do we want to serve?
- What do we want to be remembered by?
- How can we contribute to society as a family and become more service oriented?
- What is the purpose of our family?
- What impact are we called to make?
- What is our greatest accomplishment thus far?
- What is the accomplishment we want to achieve as a family?
- What would you be most proud of?
- What would you be most grateful for?
- What will have mattered the most?
- Can you share a time when you have been personally inspired by a leader and why?
- Tell me about a time you were brave or innovative?
- Have you ever seen someone in leadership or a place of authority make a mistake? How did they handle it? What was the outcome? And do you think they handled it well?
- What’s the difference between power and influence and which one would you rather have?
- Have you ever struggled with deciding what to do or what’s right in a situation? What did you end up deciding? What would you do differently next time?
- Tell your story: why you love what you do, how you got started, why you got started. Share the impact you’re seeking to make.
- Ask your kids about their thoughts around entrepreneurship and answer their questions. Give them a chance to start some conversation around entrepreneurship.
- What would you like to know more about, what questions do you have?
- What excites you about the idea of doing it someday yourself?
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