Create Quality Time With Your Family
The rule is that spouses should spend at least one full hour each day talking
together about subjects that have nothing to do with their work or business. If you
are not careful, you will slip into the habit of talking about your work as soon as
you get home. Once you begin, like starting an engine, you will end up talking about your work throughout the entire evening. As a result, there will never be any talk about the family or other matters.
Children need at least 10 minutes of face-to-face contact with their parents each
day. Take the time to sit and talk with them. Ask them questions and practice your
listening skills. Children have a deep need to communicate with their parents, but
they will only do this if they feel their parents are open to them, and interested in
hearing what they have to say. This is one of your prime jobs, and a habit you need
to develop.
Develop the habit of making time every day with the important people in your life,
preferably one to one, or on the telephone if necessary. The biggest regret people
have at the end of their lives is that they did not spend enough time with their
children when they were young, or with their spouses when they were working.
Don’t let this happen to you.
Taken from : Million Dollar Habits
