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For those of you who have experience running a small business, you’re likely aware of how powerful it can be to implement certain well-understood tools and frameworks to govern how you make decisions (things like Mission, Vision & Values, a regular meeting cadence, regularly scheduled one-on-ones, and so on). But to what extent have you considered implementing these tools in your personal life?
My guest today, Blake Allsmith, is somebody who has gone to incredible lengths to implement what appear to be commercial tools and frameworks to drastically improve his family life. In our discussion today, we cover some of these tools, including:
- How Blake and his wife established his family’s mission and vision
- Examples of how the mere existence of a mission & vision have impacted their daily lives
- How and why his family codified their core values, and how he ensures that they are meaningful and impactful
- His family’s meeting cadence, covering daily, weekly, quarterly, and annual meetings, and how the nature of the discussions change depending on the type of meeting being held
- How his family practices radical candor internally, and a united front externally
- How he uses a 2x2 matrix to govern how and when to settle disagreements between family members
- His suggestion for the single tool that all families should adopt from his practice, even if they were to ignore the rest of them
- And much, much more