Vegas: Good For Business, Bad For Relationships
June 11th, 2010 | Small Business | No Comments »Here’s the situation: Raj and I are going to be speaking at a conference in a few months. It will be a great opportunity to talk about KikScore and learn from fellow entrepreneurs. Sounds good, right? Um, did I mention it is in Las Vegas? Did I mention that my wife is not really into Vegas? I guess she doesn’t mind Vegas in and of itself. She minds me going to Vegas with Raj — unsupervised. I’ll let it go that she thinks I need supervision and get to the main point.
Sometimes what is great for business — e.g. new partnerships, conferences, new channel development — is not necessarily great for your personal life. I’m not even talking about work/life balance (which i’m convinced is not every achievable). Instead it’s a matter of value conflict. Let’s say that KikScore could sign a lucrative deal with a deplorable company. I would at least think about it. My wife would be dead set against it — and I think she’d judge me a little for doing the proposed deal.
So what’s the end result of my Vegas dilemma — I’m going to Vegas with Raj…and Raj and my wife. Geez!