+ You GO in order to keep a tab on spending... Which, if you keep the books, is important, although as a long term business partner, is there some point where you need to trust that he will be careful with his spending?
+ Yet... you GO... because you DO enjoy the time with him. There is no denying that. You go, for personal reasons. And I admit that I do things with business partners for the same reason. But you DO go for personal reasons and now... that reason is important because you are trying to work on the PERSONAL relationship, rather than the business relationship
+ whether or not there are client appointments, it DOES make sense that the two of you cover more opportunity by someone being available IF clients come along this weekend to make purchases. It really does make good business sense. Sense that I often try to impress upon my own business partners, when it seems they are scheduling time with me only for conversation, and not for productivity.
I think it's a good idea, business wise, to let him go alone. That is truly an opinion, not DB advice. Yet, it does work from a DB perspective, as well.
I also think it is a good thing that he has put out there that he will not "monitor" your own role in the business partnership as much. The both of you working to disentangle yourselves from each other will likely go a long way to a more productive and potentially profitable endeavour. And perhaps... the two of you will share war stories of the day or week over wine and beer, in the future. Something positive personally, may come of these business decisions.
Originally Posted By: waitingformagic
Also KD, you posted: // Your posts suggested you were stuck in getting validation from your H.//... what do you mean?
Taken in context of a work environment, you come across as the junior partner looking to impress the senior partner and also looking for positive feedback when perhaps, none was necessary.
Taken another way, from a business perspective, the two of you decided to join in a business, likely because of the skills the two of you, individually brought to the table. Of course in business, especially small business, there is often a need for business partners to spread their wings and be able to do the other partner's roles (and more), just in case...
So that said, as it APPEARS you are looking for approval or validation, it could be very valuable for you to step up, do your roles to the best of your ability and get better at them and... not expect approval or validation, yet welcome feedback in any form, even if it is negative. Be proud of your accomplishments and work on your challenges.
