Family is one of the most important pieces of our lives, it is were we can have some of the greatest impact and influence. What seems to happen many times once success starts rolling in is that we start detaching ourselves from family. We start spending more and more time at the office or even at home working on work stuff, just so we can be more successful. We do all this in the name of wanting to make a better life for our family. What starts happening is we start missing important dates in the life of our family; birthdays, anniversaries, kids sporting events, kids recitals, date night with our wife or husband, and we even stop attending church with our family. All of this pursuit of the money / success train will only produce heart ache if we do not keep our priorities in check and retain restraint and discipline.

One of the greatest missteps in life is sacrificing family for success. So in order to keep this from happening it is important that we grab hold of six things.

1. Success is never worth the destruction of our faith and family.
2. Prioritize time for family events and commit to them.
3. Love on our wife or husband and kids often.
4. When making decisions about our work situation ask ourselves if this will effect our family life.
5. When we are off of work switch gears to our family, do not let our work thoughts take over the time that is dedicated for family.
6. Success in our faith and family can change our world.