TMIT 50: A Year of Family Meetings

Happy One-Year Anniversary to The Most Important Thing! We are officially 50 episodes in, and to celebrate, we are revisiting the topic that started it all: the weekly family meeting.A year ago, we read Bruce Feiler’s The Secrets of Happy Families and learned that a weekly meeting is the single most impactful routine a family can adopt. We committed to the practice, and 52 weeks later, we haven't missed a single one. It has officially become the cornerstone of our family culture and leadership journey.In Episode 50, we break down exactly how our meetings have evolved over the last year. We discuss the massive benefit of moving our meetings from Sunday evenings to Saturday mornings to act as a "weekend alignment" ritual. We share our "Minimum Viable Product" meeting for busy travel weeks, and why "Compliments and Appreciation" remains the absolute most important five minutes of our week.We also explore how to use screen time to your advantage during the "Family Learning" segment, and how we are encouraging our kids to start presenting their own topics to the table.Listen to TMIT 50 wherever you get your podcasts.Resources Mentioned:The Danish Clapping GameThe Secrets of Happy Families by Bruce Feiler