Your family time

Professional speaker and trainer Ty Boyd wrote the other day.
“You mean we hafta have a plan?” he asked.
“Wish somebody had told me that long ago.”
Ty was only joking.
He recalls when bookings ran his life.
“Too often my family only got the leftovers,” he said. “Next time, I’m planning family and personal time first.”
That’s an important message at Christmas.

We watched Bob Hope in “The 7 Little Foys” on TCM the other night.
Hope played Eddie Foy.

Foy was always on a booking.
When he came home, his dear wife got pregnant.
Then he was off again for another show.

Hope was tremendous as ever.

What a legacy he left.
The message: We all make choices in life.

By the way, the movie saved Hope's career.

He was considered washed up.

He won the part and revived his career.

He never looked back

Professional speakers are like Eddie Foy.

They're always on the go.
It gets to be a lonely life.

Long waits in airports.
TSA scans. Empty hotel rooms.

Meals alone. Calls or emails from home.

Don’t waste your family time.

There’s precious little of it.
They are the reason you work hard.
But they deserve your attention.
I wish you and your family a great holiday.

Make the most of it - together.

Next: Sharpen your ax.