Sat 21 Feb 2009
Life By Design’s Weekly News
February 21, 2009
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News this week:
~ Renee Gonseth and I talked about the Family Manager on JTS
~ Family Management 101: The Finances Department
~ Wealth, Success and Women
~ Quote of the Week
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Renee Gonseth and I talked about the Family Manager on JTS
The Family Manager Creed
I oversee the most important organization in the world
Where hundreds of decisions are made daily
Where Property and resources are managed
Where health and nutritional needs are determined
Where finances and futures are discussed and debated
Where projects are planned and events are arranged
Where transportation and scheduling are critical
Where team-building is a priority
Where careers begin and end
I am a Family Manager“
I am so grateful that Renee made time to be on Journey to Self this week. She shared some of the parental challenges that she has had with her son, including the challenge of coping with a child with mental illness. This show was filled with great insights into challenges and solutions that any parent/family manager can relate to.
We also discussed the role of a family manager and the seven different departments of home and family management.
About my guest: Renee is a mother, sister, friend, entrepreneur and recently a grandmother!! She grew up in a little town in upstate NY, the youngest of 5. Renee has been so very fortunate to meet some extraordinary people along her path as she have lived all over the country! She has had extraordinary experiences and has come to know that these make her who she is and believes she has gained unique insight about the not so everyday things! Being a bit adventurous, she love everything outdoors and absolutely love socializing and learning everyday about people, places and life!
Renee is a frequent co-host on the internet radio show “Ladies, Let’s Talk…” a segment of The Women’s Empower Hour ~ http://blogtalkradio.com/thewomensempowerhour where she shares her extraordinary insights on a variety of topics!
To listen to this show go to: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/journeytoself/2009/02/19/Journey-to-Self-The-Family-Manager
(** About midway through the show there is a couple minute of dead air because of a technical problem stay with the show though - we rebound nicely to finish the show**)
To learn how to connect with Renee read the show notes on the Journey to Self Website ~ http://journeytoself.info
Join me next week Thursday February 26th @ 12pm cst / 1pm est my guest will be the author of “Two Weeks Under” Rivka Tadjer. Rivka is a sign-of-the-times writer. She specializes in the sociological implications of the techno-centric era–how our behavior is changing. She has devoted a lot of ink to the issues of privacy, security, and identity.
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Family Management 101: The Finances Department
As family managers the stress of finances looms over us. Money is a hot button topic, people fight over it and marriages have ended over issues related to money. In my experience of my first marriage, my ex-husband made very poor choices when it came to the way that money was spent. Because of this I was the one in charge of paying bills and managing our family budget. I had failed at my attempts to make him understand the importance of not overspending and the evils of credit. Though our marriage had much deeper conflicts that ultimately lead to our divorce, the way we fought about money definitely was a factor. A couple months after we separated I sat down to evaluate my bills. After paying all my bills for the month on just my salary I had more money left over than I usually did with mine and his salary combined.
As much as I felt stressed in my first marriage it pales in comparison to how I started to worry about money after becoming a mother. Now there is the future to consider as well as just budgeting to meet the financial needs of growing children such as braces, medical bills, school cost, the cost of extra activities, not to mention sitters and transportation costs.
Read the whole article at http://momcoffeebreak.com/family-management-101-the-finances-department/
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Wealth, Success and Women
This week I became aware of a great new group - Wealth, Success and Women. This is a free social networking site for women entrepreneurs ~ http://www.wealthsuccessandwomen.com. Mix and mingle with other dynamic, motivated, successful women in the Million’aire Diva Community.
Heather Jumah (Founder, President and CEO) has started and run a number of multi-million dollar businesses, and has amazing energy and business savvy to assist and inspire the members to build their own six figure business. Dr. Sally Witt, Vice President of Social Media has experience building several mid-high six figure businesses and provides a wealth of internet marketing knowledge and expertise to the members, enabling them to build six figure businesses online.
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Quote of the Week
Every accomplishment large and small begins with the same decision: I’LL TRY.” ~ Ted Key
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