“Alex Mandossian Answers the In Search Of Heroes Program Questions ‘What principles are you willing to sacrifice your life for?’” by Ralph Zuranski
For me, the people I trust and love the most are the members of my family…Gabriel and Brianna, my two kids, and my wife Amy. It wasn’t always that way. You know, I’ve fallen from grace and have not given them the attention they have deserved.
In fact, I probably would have lost my marriage if I would have stayed in New York and stayed the workaholic that I was. In looking at my relationships, my family is most important because they’ve allowed me a certain lifestyle. My wife, Amy, has coached me to live a certain life. Lifestyle is important.
I’d like to take one 1 week vacation every quarter. That is not easy to do. I take off 1 week, so every 12 weeks that’s 1 week off.
That is not easy but I have been pulling it off and do I work hard? Yes, some days I work 6 hours a day, today I am working 4 hours.
Last week I was preparing for a seminar and I was working 20 hour days to prepare for it. I was given the curriculum last minute so I was working round the clock to get prepared. You know with my seminars there are handouts and things so I wanted to make sure everything was set so sometimes you’ve got to power through the obstacles.
So, for me, since family’s most important, I try to revolve everything around them. At 7 AM, my son Gabriel comes through the door. At 7:10 AM, my daughter Brianna comes through the door and whether I am on the phone or not they take precedent.
It happened this morning. Someone called me at 7 AM. Between 7 AM and 8 AM those are not prime time hours for me. So, when my kids came through the door, I excused myself from the phone.
I came back to my office chair and they sat on my knee. They were making noises in the background as I was talking. Now, the person on the other end had a problem with that and I am willing to sacrifice that relationship.
“Alex Mandossian Answers the In Search Of Heroes Program Questions ‘What is your perspective on goodness, ethics and moral behavior?’” by Ralph Zuranski
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