The 18 Summers Process:
3 Simple Steps to Connect

Creating Life Bonds

Rhythms are simple, structured activities and events to be shared with your children and spouse on an intentional schedule. Specific times can be Pizza Friday, Date Night, Service to Others, and any number of activities that you experience one-on-one.

At first, many believe that scheduling these chunks of time complicates and crowds your schedule. But in reality, the impact is just the opposite.

Families that utilize Rhythms tell us that each activity re-grounds their relationship and re-focuses their connection toward one another and what is important. Your children feel a sense of importance and priority by having set times and actions that you do together.

The consistency of shared time helps your child or spouse to feel more understood and make it far easier for them to talk to you. Rhythms give you the feeling of gaining back time and creates more freedom in schedules and relationships.

As an entrepreneur, these two areas quickly go from being an area of struggle to a place of inner peace and confidence.

Starting Your Board Meetings

The principle rhythm for the Family Board Meetings model is the actual board meeting that you have with your child. One parent, one child, four hours minimum, with no technology.

At first, this process sounds far too simple, but there are hundreds of accounts where having regular board meetings have enhanced and elevated healthy relationships, and accelerated the healing and renewal process for even the most strained relationships.

This is your first step if you are new to the Family Board Meetings philosophy. Just this one simple action of scheduling and going on a 4-hour excursion with your child gives instant impact, lasting results, and the framework for a dynamic and vibrant relationship with your child.

Date Night

Although the concept is widely known, few couples actually use date night to its full potential. This simple rhythm, when scheduled and kept as a top priority, gives you and your spouse a known and trusted place to talk about successes and concerns within the family, as well as how and in what direction your direct relationship is progressing.

This simple commitment together opens up a world of communication, intimacy, and connection at a far deeper level. You will know your spouse in a way that just simply isn’t possible without this regular rhythm.

The above video was shot December 23, 2016 – Jim shares how a simple Pizza Friday quickly evolves into a life lesson and a meaningful, teachable moment for both he and his son, Alden.

Pizza Friday

How to add service and contribution into your family’s life:

After research and interviewing thousands of entrepreneurs and leaders, one common desire emerged as a driving interest among engaged entrepreneurs.

Almost all say something similar to, “I want my kid to appreciate what they have.”

This simple rhythm has proven incredibly effective in strengthening confidence, giving a genuine sense of appreciation, and heartfelt gratitude through service and giving.

In making the time consistent, your child feels important, heard, and active in giving and receiving. Confidence and openness builds over time which allows you to better understand what is really going on in their life. As a parent, this is the place where you can most deeply shape and nurture your child.

Simple concept. Profound results.

Your Most Important Asset

Are you trusting in the government and social security for your retirement? Do you hand over your financial portfolio to your broker and never go back and ask questions and get a report? Of course not.

Yet, that is all too often what happens with our children and their education. We drop them off at kindergarten and leave it up to the government to educate them. And even for those children that are in private school, how truly aware are you about all that is being taught, and not being taught?

Family Board Meetings’ philosophy is that none of the current education models, including public, private, or home schooling adequately prepare your child for life with subjects like Financial Intelligence, Relationship Skills, or Personal Development.

These three specific areas make up our Life Education Framework. This framework is designed to complement your student’s current education structure to be better prepared for life and business.

Financial Intelligence

Students are not taught basic financial intelligence today. The FBM Education Framework includes concepts and practices around entrepreneurship, money and how it works, sales, ROI (etc.), to help promote understanding and control of finances.

Personal Development

Building well-rounded, responsible students is the ultimate goal. Learning about purpose and meaning, passion and unique talents, mindset (among many other things), helps people find clarity and puts them on the path to persistent meaningful growth and learning.

Relationship Skills

Communication and interaction are quickly becoming a lost art in the digital age. The FBM Education Framework teaches building rapport, listening, resolving conflict and asking for help. It’s easy to create deep relationships when you know what matters.

Financial Intelligence

Students are not taught basic financial intelligence today. The FBM Education Framework includes concepts and practices around:

• Entrepreneurship

• Money and How It Works

• 3 Main Classes of Wealth Creation

• Understanding Financial Statements

• ROI and Cash Flow

• Healthy Risk Taking

• Innovation and Technology

• Sales and Marketing

• Self-Sufficiency 101

• One Specialized Skill Principle

• Service and Contribution

Personal Development

Building well-rounded, responsible students is the goal of the FBM Education Framework, all centered on:

• Purpose and Meaning

• Spirituality and Faith

• Mindset

• Passion and Unique Talents

• Emotional Intelligence

• Meditation and Re-calibration

• Overcoming Rejection, Loss and

• Mistakes

• Core Values

• Intuition

• Leadership

• Confidence and Courage

• Critical Thinking

• Health and Fitness

• High Performance

• Sense of Humor 101

• Service and Contribution

Relationship Skills

Communication and interaction are quickly becoming a lost art in the digital age. The FBM Education Framework focuses on:

• Building Rapport

• Communication Skills

• Listening Skills

• Understanding People

• Conflict Resolution

• Asking for and Offering Help

• Healthy Boundaries

• Family Rhythms

• Friendship101

• Service and Contribution

Semi-Private Live Events

his is no substitute for one-to-one time between an entrepreneur and their child. Our live events create unique, memorable, and impactful experiences based on a framework that will continue to deepen the more it is used.

These events foster an exciting, fun, and safe environment for a parent entrepreneur and child to engage deeply with one another while also discovering clarity and personal freedom as well.

For information about upcoming events & workshops please contact us or call 1.904.513.8922

Fully Private Workshops

Jim and Jamie Sheils, along with their team, can craft a custom experience for your family, company team or group of friends and their families. With just a few short discovery and coaching sessions, our team develops a unique experience designed with your goals and outcomes in mind.

To inquire about crafting a private experience, please contact us or call 1.904.513.8922