Ways to Successfully Work With Your Significant Other

Sustaining a loving relationship poses challenges
of it's own, much less trying to maintain a working
relationship with the one you love. 

Hear how Rachel manages to keep things flowing in her
work/love relationship:
Jameson and I began writing songs together after
we broke up. That might sound odd, but for us it
made sense. Sure, we had grievances with one
another, but that didn’t mean we should have to
stop hanging out!

Since then, we've gotten back together and worked
through some of those grievances. At the same
time, our songwriting has morphed into a full-on
start-up enterprise.
However, learning how to work
together and be together as a couple has been no
small challenge. More than once, my housemates
(i.e. my parents) have heard me stomping around
my room in the midst of a full-on phone tantrum.

And yet, I feel like I’ve also learned a few things.
If you’re thinking of starting a business with your
significant other, here are some tips:

1. Don’t tell them their ideas suck. Just because
you’re comfortable with one another, doesn’t mean
you can eschew common courtesy.

2. Separate work from play. Set specific times
when you’re going to work and specific times
when you’re going to hang out. Oh, and constantly
checking work emails during hangout time defeats
the purpose.

3. Control your emotions. If something happened
outside of work, leave it there. Vent to your
journal, if need be, then get over it. You can’t do
good work if you’re annoyed.

4. Keep your priorities in check. What’s more
important to you: the product you’re creating or
the person you create it with?

5. Praise one another. Too often, we don’t praise
gifted people because we’re certain they already
know how great they are. Not true. We all need to
be encouraged in our gifts, especially artists.

6. Say thank you. Because any endeavor requires
both your gifts. Because there is a lot to do and
you couldn't do it without them. – r. yellen
Guest Blogger, Rachel Yellen is a co-writer/band
mate of the band Windsor.

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