Don’t let family come in the way of business success

If you’re going to be successful, you’ve got to love your business more than anything else – even your family.

So says George Cloutier of Entrepreneur.com in a bold claim that family obligations should always take a backseat to your business obligations in order for business to thrive. It’s certainly not an easy or popular attitude to adopt, but he suggest that if you refuse to put your business before all other considerations, family included, then you’ve already resolved to a life of “financial mediocrity”.

As much as the wife would like more romantic dinners and long baths with you now, in the long run when you are wealthy she will appreciate being financially sound. Your children will appreciate the security of you being at the head of a thriving business more than they will you being at a ballet recital. Or will they?

Cloutier explains why you’ll be happier in the long run if you make your business your first love.