RETAILOBSERVER.COM OCTOBER 2015
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Moe Lastfogel
moe@retailobserver.com
Moe's Musings Views
Happy Retailing,
I
n the past few weeks, my grandson turned two and my granddaughter
had her first birthday party. I was traveling for business during both of
these milestone events, but received a flood of photos filled with birthday
cake, colorful balloons and familiar smiling faces.
As I enjoyed looking through the photos, I realized that it was time to take
a closer look at what I was defining as "priorities" in my life, feeling perhaps
that I had some of them backwards.
The tried and true adage, "family comes first", is something we've all
heard, and even I have repeated from time to time myself. But sometimes
we let our work consume us and we become unbalanced in other areas
of our lives that are just as important to grow and nurture—namely,
our family.
Family is defined as any group of people, closely related by blood,
such as parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins. "Family" is also
used metaphorically to include your community, nationhood, global
village and humanism. In some cases, we even consider our employees
or business partners a part of our family.
I am planning to take more trips this year, but this time not for business.
I will go see my children and their spouses, and to spend time with my
grandchildren. It's about time that I make time to stay connected with the
people that mean the most to me—my family.
As I keep my family in the high priority that it deserves, I will, of course,
continue to take passionate care of my business, as many of you have now
become part of my "other" family.
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