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The Importance of
Family
A warm New Year’s welcome to our family of Spectrum readers. Coming
back from a wonderful holiday season filled with family fun, we should What do we do business for? To acquire a new Porsche? To travel the
take time to reflect on the importance of being surrounded by the ones we world? To serve your community? I know what my ‘why’ is. It is to be
love. able to provide for and to spend as much quality time with my family. I am
constantly preaching a healthy work/life balance. For what is life worth
“Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” – Michael J. Fox if we work 80 hours per week and spend 10 with family? At the end of
In life and in business, it is of absolute importance to be supported by and your life will you ever say, “Boy I should have worked more and spent less
to support our families. Late nights at the office need to be understood by time with my family”? North Americans are notorious for forgetting the
husbands, wives, and children alike. They need to be on our side, in our importance of the family bond, replacing it with endless hours of work. If
corner, realizing that the reason we missed dinner was for the betterment of the material things are an important part of your ‘why’, please do not forget
everyone’s lives. Many a fledging business has been supported by mom or your family on the back burner. When that sports car breaks down, or you
dad funds. Spouses have dropped careers in order to see a startup business have visited every country on the globe, it is your family who will still be
thrive. Family members have opened their wallets to get us started, taken there by your side. As I sat with friends over lunch just last week, we asked
time out of their busy lives to help us get the shovel in the ground or the who would you spend the dying moments of your life with? A mixture of
shingle hung for the first time. Taking time to give thanks to our family is family members and close friends was the consensus. Ask yourself the
so crucial to building a higher relationship. Without family, we will quickly same question. Who would want you there by their side as they concluded
find ourselves alone in this world. their journey on Earth? Do these people know how important they are to
you? When was the last time you told them?
“The love of family and the admiration
“Cherish your human connections – your
of friends is much more important than
wealth and privilege.” relationships with friends and family.”
– Charles Kuralt – Barbara Bush
26 Winter 2016 www.cambridgechamber.com
The Importance of
Family
A warm New Year’s welcome to our family of Spectrum readers. Coming
back from a wonderful holiday season filled with family fun, we should What do we do business for? To acquire a new Porsche? To travel the
take time to reflect on the importance of being surrounded by the ones we world? To serve your community? I know what my ‘why’ is. It is to be
love. able to provide for and to spend as much quality time with my family. I am
constantly preaching a healthy work/life balance. For what is life worth
“Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” – Michael J. Fox if we work 80 hours per week and spend 10 with family? At the end of
In life and in business, it is of absolute importance to be supported by and your life will you ever say, “Boy I should have worked more and spent less
to support our families. Late nights at the office need to be understood by time with my family”? North Americans are notorious for forgetting the
husbands, wives, and children alike. They need to be on our side, in our importance of the family bond, replacing it with endless hours of work. If
corner, realizing that the reason we missed dinner was for the betterment of the material things are an important part of your ‘why’, please do not forget
everyone’s lives. Many a fledging business has been supported by mom or your family on the back burner. When that sports car breaks down, or you
dad funds. Spouses have dropped careers in order to see a startup business have visited every country on the globe, it is your family who will still be
thrive. Family members have opened their wallets to get us started, taken there by your side. As I sat with friends over lunch just last week, we asked
time out of their busy lives to help us get the shovel in the ground or the who would you spend the dying moments of your life with? A mixture of
shingle hung for the first time. Taking time to give thanks to our family is family members and close friends was the consensus. Ask yourself the
so crucial to building a higher relationship. Without family, we will quickly same question. Who would want you there by their side as they concluded
find ourselves alone in this world. their journey on Earth? Do these people know how important they are to
you? When was the last time you told them?
“The love of family and the admiration
“Cherish your human connections – your
of friends is much more important than
wealth and privilege.” relationships with friends and family.”
– Charles Kuralt – Barbara Bush
26 Winter 2016 www.cambridgechamber.com
