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For example, once you’re a successful leader, you could easily be working 30 to 50 hours a week running your business. But the business practices you teach your new enrollees to follow must be able to be accomplished in 10 to 15 hours a week, maximum. (Because most people will be entering the business part-time, along with working their existing job and practicing their other family and societal obligations.) Because we work from home, our business has very little separation between work life and personal life, and it can easily become all consuming. Let’s explore an interesting way you could set off a tripwire that harms your people, when you’re simply trying to help them and be friendly: socializing with them.

You might think it would be a great idea to have a regular social event for your local team. It could be something as innocuous as playing laser tag or putting together a bowling league. This can actually be harmful.

Here’s why: The new people in your group will be trying to finesse the adjustment from their normal schedule to finding 10 to 15 hours a week to work their new business. For a lot of people, this will create stress in other areas, often their family life. Their spouse might see the new business as unwanted competition for the team member’s already scarce free time. If the new team member adds another evening a week for social time with your group, this could be the tipping point that moves the spouse from guarded support or skepticism to outright opposition. You can end up losing team members over this.