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Your Children Should Be Your Best Product

Michael Sudyk
September 21, 2017

Your Children Should Be Your Best Product

I was unable to give this lightning talk at Business of Software this year but I wanted to share the knowledge anyway.

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Michael Sudyk

September 21, 2017
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  1. Your Children
    should be
    Your Best Product
    ⚡Lightning Talk⚡
    Boston
    Sept. 2017
    Mike Sudyk, co-founder of 3 children

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  2. Hi, I’m Mike Sudyk.
    @sudyk
    My day job(s) My “therapy”

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  3. I didn’t want to sacrifice my kids
    on the alter of success, or go
    mad in the process…sound
    familiar?

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  4. …so I started a podcast
    to crowdsource my
    fatherhood knowledge.
    Here is what I learned…

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  5. I see people push aside the
    question of what kids need and
    instead ask what do I want?
    - Alfie Kohn
    1 It’s Not About You

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  6. Our strategy had been, put all of the
    activities in front of him and let him figure
    out what the right dose is.
    - David Heinemeier Hansson
    1 It’s Not About You

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  7. The moment we take away struggling
    moments from our kids we’re actually
    hindering them from learning how to
    innovate and be better.
    - Bob Moesta
    2Embrace the Struggle

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  8. Kids are tougher and smarter than we
    give them credit for, sometimes we need
    them to need us more than they actually
    do.
    - Jeff Casimir
    2Embrace the Struggle

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  9. The second you think of it as balance you
    see those scales with the two sides…no no
    no. Everything is always out of whack when
    you start businesses.
    - Hiten Shah
    3Balance is Fantasy?

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  10. One of the first questions that I do ask is
    “what does your spouse think of this?”
    Because it’s a crazy thing to do and there’s
    a lot of stress you’re introducing.
    - David Cancel
    3
    work family
    Balance is Fantasy?

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  11. I think doing a startup when you have a
    family is stupid and asinine and crazy. You
    will get in fights and you will have to gut-
    check your motivations.
    - Marc Hemeon
    4 Have Realistic Expectations

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  12. The first few months are incredibly hard
    and they will knock you in your face
    basically. Then 4 months in your son/
    daughter will smile and it will change
    - Jason Fried
    4

    Have Realistic Expectations

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  13. There are parents out there that are
    looking for some sort of help, support,
    camaraderie… and technology is the
    answer to help fill that gap.
    - Soam Lall
    5Seek a Network

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  14. Question the life “formulas”. Ask yourself,
    does the life you are building really align with
    what you want to do or are you just following
    the normal prescribed path?
    - Michael Boyink
    5Seek a Network

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  15. Summary
    1. It’s Not About You
    2. Embrace the Struggle
    3. Balance is Fantasy
    4. Have Realistic Expectations
    5. Seek a Network

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  16. Thank You!
    2centdad.com
    waypointHQ.com
    [email protected]
    Drop me a
    line
    Check out
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