Strategy 2...
Know What Balance Means For You

"All successful people are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, in every respect, and then they work every day towards that vision"

The reason many people don't have enough work life balance is simply that they don't really know what they truly want. Most people know what balance they don't want in life (e.g. working six days), but very few know exactly what they do want. It's like being at sea in a boat, and knowing you don't want a cyclone or a hole in the hull, but not knowing what paradise you are sailing for.

Many people don't have goals; in fact, 70% of people don't have goals. 25% of people have goals but don't write them down. Yet the 5% who have goals and write them down achieve more than the other 95%.

I call knowing what you really want the Law of VISION: you must have a clear picture of what you want for it to come true. Are you clear on your work life balance vision? Test yourself: talk specifically about your ideal work life balance for five minutes nonstop.

Actions

• Write out your ideal week. What would it look like? Give yourself permission to design a perfect 10 out of 10 week!
  
  
• Take three minutes to close your eyes and imagine yourself living your ideal week. What elements from that vision can you easily incorporate into your current week? For example, walking twice a week for exercise.
  
  
• Muck around, by talking with non-judgmental friends about your ideal vision for yourself and what you would need to do or change for it to happen. For example leave work at 5:15 pm twice a week or get a baby sitter once a week so that you have a little more time to yourself to recharge the batteries.
  
  
• Ask yourself: What would my work need to look like for me to have the ideal work life balance? What would my life look like if I had the ideal work life balance?

Quiz

Click here to do a quiz to see how clear you are on your Work Life vision.

"All successful people are big dreamers.
They imagine what their future could be, in every respect,
and then they work every day towards that vision"

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