{"id":47143,"date":"2023-10-20T15:52:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/how-do-i-balance-looking-after-the-kids-with-working-from-home-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:52:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:52:34","slug":"how-do-i-balance-looking-after-the-kids-with-working-from-home-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/how-do-i-balance-looking-after-the-kids-with-working-from-home-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I balance looking after the kids with working from home? &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This week\u2019s Secret Soloist answer comes from Jane Shelton, managing director of Marshall Place Associates.<\/em> <span id=\"more-8966\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The hot tips I can offer are to put relationships before resources and information before decision-making so that every step builds your confidence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kids always come first and are usually the reason for wanting to have a home-based business, especially while they are still ankle biters who need your love and attention or teenagers who need support and reassurance that they are the centre of your attention.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That means that the start-up business needs to be seen as &#8220;the home-work business&#8221; and given the respect that it deserves but not all of your attention.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some of the tips that I offer in my book <i>No Workplace Like Home<\/i> may prove useful in managing your role as a home-based mum.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, map your own interests and personal priorities and then set out how the start-up is going to help you achieve your objectives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Be honest with yourself and answer these core questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How will this venture change our way of life?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What do I really like doing, and how will it shape my family&#8217;s future?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Who can support me while I get the business up and running?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Where will all this take us and what will it cost to succeed?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then you can sort out some of the key priorities such as security, stability, fun and enjoyment with the kids, health and not becoming a slave to the business.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These are the measures that will help you write out the values and vision for your venture.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then you need to set aside a fixed amount of time for your business homework, when the kids have done theirs and get partners and friends to share the burden of developing your start-up as an adjunct to your family life rather than an alternative to it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s Secret Soloist answer comes from Jane Shelton, managing director of Marshall Place Associates. &nbsp; The hot tips I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}