Jul 26 in Personal Growth
Balancing Marriage, Family, and Sales
Tonight, my wife and I went on our first date in a couple months. We went way too long without a date and we both could feel it.
Salesmen are (usually) highly motivated, self starters that strive for success. When we win, we want to win more. When we lose, we will work harder to find the next win. The double-edged sword of a sales career is that there is always more to do, and more win. Finding balance between work and family takes both DETERMINATION and DISCIPLINE. Without those, you will quickly succumb to the simpler path of finding your value, worth, and success... your work.
I will be the first to admit I have not always done this well. Sales is a dopamine rich profession. A simple win is all it takes to get hooked on the close. The problem here is that a simple win at home or in your marriage is harder to define and growth takes longer to see. However, the reward is 10x at home.
Don't hear what I am not saying. The sales high is what keeps us engaged, motivated, and excited. It is the very reason the job attracted us is why both you and I can't imagine a life without it. The challenging part is that our brains are designed to seek the clearest path towards accomplishment. In our jobs, we know that our number of activities can generally provide a pretty clear outcome. We can control the outcome by controlling the activites. In our marriages and our families, however, having a clearly defined goal is half the battle. What is your goal for your marriage? What is the goal for your family?
Finding balance is about asking those simple questions and coming up with answers for them. How do you define a win for your relationship with you wife? Is it when you get out on a date night? Could it be when you don't snap at each other for an entire evening with the kids (this is some enterprise level marriage stuff here). Defining desired outcomes and working toward them in your personal life is vital to maintaining the needed balance with an all consuming career.
What are some family goals you have that keep you balanced?
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Balancing Marriage, Family, and Sales
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