The focus of this book is on building deep parent-child relationships but could be applied to family relationships in general. Business or other professional success can often put one in a mental scarcity trap for time, leading you to spend less time with one’s children or other family members. The Family Board Meeting is a concept towards making and prioritizing consistent time to cultivate deeper family relationships.
Three steps the book purposes are one on one time and not necessarily group outings, no electronics, and fun and engaging activities for at least a four hour period.
The book focuses this advice in the frame of a parent with their child since I have no children, I re-framed this advice towards my relationship with my younger brother. The same amount of high importance we put towards big business meetings or key individuals we should direct towards family members we want to cultivate a deep relationship with. The book is short and I felt it lacked depth. It could have easily been a blog post and gotten a majority of the point across. Still, it’s a powerful concept that’s simple and sticks and I got value and will work on implementing this.
Motivations to Read
As my life gets busier, I wanted to look for some ways to get closer with my family and help them have a safe framework to better communicate with each and resolve problems.
3 Reasons to Read
- How busy parents can reconnect with their kids.
- Using business language to metaphorically communicate the framework of more structured time with family.
- A framework for quality time.
Notable Quotes
Time together isn’t the same as quality time together.
Relationship building happens when people are decompressed. If you don't believe me, try to think of all those wonderful relationship-building moments you've had with your kids while on the phone rushing them to and from school.
I look at my family as my most important clients, investors, and key team members.
Quality time is something different. It’s time with purpose. Time with focused attention.
Notes for this book are still being transcribed.
