Business and romance are two different things, poisonous enough to corrode one’s financial status, crumpling him or her from that performing tycoon to mere human being.
If you and your romantic partner have a great idea and share an entrepreneurial drive, don’t think of launching a startup together.
Despite the fact that yu may begin the business as partners, you may end up merging your personal and professional lives.
What are the risks involved when you have your wife or your lover at the same workplace as you?
The financial risk tops the risks list, to the business and the man. All the financial matters, for the whole family, are dependent on the same factor – the business. What would happen if something negative happens to the business? The eggs in one basket will break and both of you will loose.
The issue of power sharing can be a blow to you as partners. A business is usually defined by a structure, and as per the case of a family where there is the head and wife as immediate assistant, boss for the company will be also the man. Decisions made here may rely heavily on the man, who turns out to be the spokesperson of the dual affairs.
No matter how devoted you are to successfully working with your spouse, you are going to disagree about things. You have your human egos that will occasionally get in the way.
Food and family at the dinner table. Once the time clock has been punched and the two of you arrive at home, extinguish the office talk. The work grind has consumed enough of your thoughts and energy. Let the casual and relaxed environment of home put your mind at ease, at least for a few hours. “For us, the biggest challenge is maybe turning work off,” Brian explains. “We have to remember: Don’t bring up something that happened at work today.”
Instead, use dinner as an occasion to converse about extracurricular activities and family matters.
Physical distance is important. The forces of home and work may put you and your other half side-by-side from sun up to sun down. And a round-the-clock viewing of your other half could transform the one you love into the one you can’t escape. “Spending 24 hours a day with one person, you need to break it up with other people,” recommends Susan Heathfield, a management consultant and human resources expert for About.com.