037 - What Will Your Family Be Known For? (With Joel Montgomery)

Episode Summary:

In this episode, Chris and Johnna interview Joel Montgomery on the idea of doing family on purpose. Joel has an extensive background in organizational culture and upon losing his job,  he decided to take his knowledge and apply it to his most important job, his family. Listen in as Joel walks us through how to be intentional with your family and purposeful with the direction your lives are going. 

Topics Covered:

• Family on Purpose
• Organizational Culture – what is it, why it’s important, how to apply it to family
• The gift of losing your job
• Putting your career before your family
• Family Culture Blueprint
• How family and business are the same
• Culture code
• Who is your family today, and who do you want to be tomorrow?
• Purpose, why, vision, mission
• What’s most important to your family
• What, as a family, is the truth you believe?
• What do you want your family to be known for?
• Family habits
• Individual purpose vs. family purpose
• Being intentional 
• How are we investing the limited time we have, and is it leading us to where we want to end up?
• Budgeting your time
• How our values drive our behavior
• Using your individual personalities and stories to create a family dream document
• Open letter to the dads

Resources Mentioned:

The Ten Tips for Doing Family on Purpose

Atomic Habits

Where to find Joel:

INSTAGRAM - @joelrmontgomery