Secrets of Family Success

Secret 1- The Right Priorities

Having the right priorities requires that each spouse puts the other's needs ahead of self, possessions, job, friends, and even other relatives. Both are willing to make sacrifices for the interests of the family. Spending more time with each other and with the children.

Yet overtime, a person's priorities may change. Many seemed more focused on career than on family? Yes it is easier to say that we put family first than to show it.

Rate your sense of priority:
1. When my spouse or child needs to talk, do I give that person my attention as soon as possible?
2. When talking to my boss or others about my activities, do I consider first, the things I do with my family?
3. Would I turn down added responsibility ( on the job or elsewhere) if my family needed time?

If you answered YES to the above questions, you might assume that you have the right priorities. But how would your spouse and children rate you? How we see ourselves is not the only yardstick by which our priorities are measured.

Lastly take note,

A winning parent, places high priority on spouse and children. Why not share your resolves with your family? When one member shows willingness to change, the others are more likely to follow.