en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/342810 Comments by Gene_Crawford http://RYBOMEDIA.COM/2009/03/7s7d-5-unmatched-style/#IDComment17893998 Thanks for the write up Ryan! I really appreciate what you've said here. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:15:11 +0000 http://RYBOMEDIA.COM/2009/03/7s7d-5-unmatched-style/#IDComment17893998 http://ryancarson.com/fatherhood/good-dad-selfish-dad/ #IDComment16342197 Ryan, I've been in business with my company (which does similar things as yours) for about 7 years now. I've put my family through a lot over the years with trying to make this business work, it actually got to a point a few years ago where I honestly thought I might lose them all very soon if I didn't just make a clear decision to pay some attention where it was most needed. The answer wasn't my business, in the back of my mind I thought that my business would suffer if I wasn't there to tend to every little detail or be around for the people I work with every stinking minute. But you know what? It didn't suffer, we started to do better than we ever did, I was happier and as a result the people who work for me (and most of them still do to this day) started stepping up and doing the things that I was obsessively doing. The reality is you don't need to spend every waking hour working, you have absolutely got to take time out for the important things in your life, you just have to make a conscious decision to put your work/business behind the people you love and it sounds like you've figured out a way to do that yourself, bravo! Fri, 6 Mar 2009 14:40:56 +0000 http://ryancarson.com/fatherhood/good-dad-selfish-dad/ #IDComment16342197