Beverly couldn't believe it. The kids loved it. Convinced their father was playing a game, some of them jumped in before bothering to change into their bathing suits, too. Beverly couldn't help but laugh. After about five minutes, Rod emerged from the pool with a smile. "I am having a midlife crisis, and that is all the time I had to give it," he told her. Then he went off to his bedroom to change his clothes.

"Everybody had a good laugh," Beverly recalled. "And that's exactly what he needed."

Each of these men has a different approach to achieving the same objective: maximizing his time and output in the business world while maintaining a strong time commitment to family and church. "It's not right to pretend there is a magical solution," said Kim Clark (former dean of the Harvard Business School). "I'm not perfect, and it's not easy. The key is to establish some rules and try very hard not to violate them. The rules have to do with putting some boundaries on work."

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From the book "THE MORMON WAY OF DOING BUSINESS: Leadership and Success Through Faith and Family" by Jeff Benedict. Copyright 2007 by Jeff Benedict. Reprinted by permission of Warner Business Books Inc., New York. All rights reserved. Cover price: $25.99.