Family Time

28th August 2014

The other evening I sat down to watch the film “Saving Mr. Banks” with my wife. We knew it was based on the relationship between Walt Disney and lady who wrote the book of Mary Poppins, but not much beyond that. It turned out to be a remarkably moving film, and perhaps most importantly the relationship or lack of it between father and daughter. Whilst on the face of it Mary Poppins is a light-hearted musical with an American attempting the worst British accent of all time. In reality there is much more to it, including the dark side of the work ethic, and how parents can easily miss their children growing up, and all the fun things that go with that, if they get too embroiled in their job or their own business. The effect this can have on both children and parents alike can be devastating, perhaps more obviously so on children, but in a more suppressed way on the parents as well.

I suppose the point of this is that yet again it brought home to me the importance of why we do things. To have a job or business that prevents you from spending time with your family or from doing the things you really enjoy in life seems to me to be pointless. So clarity of your goals, and the type of lifestyle you want to lead, and indeed what relationships you want with your family and friends are all essential when planning where you want to take your business.

However, although you should be planning for tomorrow, always remember to live for today. Don’t run the risk of waking up one day, only to find you’ve missed it all, because you’ll never get that time back, and you will have a long time to regret it.

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