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3 most important words in a relationship

This 1 minute film is charming... a nice reminder about relationships.

Tips for achieving work life balance

Discovering work life balance is a poignant post from Brad Feld which describes his previous deteriorating personal life and concludes with some tips for maintaining your relationship with your life partner: some require money but others are more fundamental.

I particularly like "Be present". How many times have I zoned out in the middle of a conversation with my family?

via A VC and thenonbillablehour

The importance of your home partner

In this Home Office Lawyer post, Grant Griffiths reminds me of the importance of keeping some of your "best" for your family and not speaking to them in the same way  that you speak "at the office".

Whilst it is easy to joke about coming home from the office, kicking the dog, growling at the kids and then going into your "cave", every one needs to come up with some way of making the transition from  work-mode to home-life, especially if your daily existence is adversarial.

Your family can be a great support and a source of nourishment and pleasure and you should not underestimate the no-nonsense wisdom your partner can provide. Since I have been working from home, my wife has been an endless source of common sense.

All too often the person we are at work is different from the person we are at home. Perhaps we should make our work persona more like our "real" persona so that we don't have to make a transition to enjoy our family.