Work-Life Harmony
The heart in the centre of this diagram is YOU.
The 5 pieces of the pie make up a whole person.
Sometimes one piece of the pie is all we can manage to eat.
As business owners, it’s even easier for one part of the pie to take over our lives.
Does anyone feel that happens to them?
What to Watch for – Business Owners
•Be alert to burnout – when people are not themselves (cynicism, low motivation, compassion fatigue); what about you?
•Listen up & connect – make ways to connect with your people (people need connection, to be valued and to have a bigger purpose); what about you?
•Walk the talk – make time for family, friends, fitness, hobbies, set boundaries so that your people can do the same; admit when you don’t have all the answers.
•Create a not to do list – what is going to make the biggest difference and what is not worth the effort.
•Manage your energy – is just “one more email before stop work for the day” ever worth it?
•Take “micro breaks” in each area of wellbeing – for instance, a glass of water before a cup of coffee, a walk around the block between meetings, a set weekly social catch-up like a quiz night.
Has anyone got any other “life hacks” that keep them sane?
What to Watch for – Business Owners
•Be alert to burnout – when people are not themselves (cynicism, low motivation, compassion fatigue); what about you?
•Listen up & connect – make ways to connect with your people (people need connection, to be valued and to have a bigger purpose); what about you?
•Walk the talk – make time for family, friends, fitness, hobbies, set boundaries so that your people can do the same; admit when you don’t have all the answers.
•Create a not to do list – what is going to make the biggest difference and what is not worth the effort.
•Manage your energy – is just “one more email before stop work for the day” ever worth it?
•Take “micro breaks” in each area of wellbeing – for instance, a glass of water before a cup of coffee, a walk around the block between meetings, a set weekly social catch-up like a quiz night.
Has anyone got any other “life hacks” that keep them sane?
What to Watch for – Business Owners
•Be alert to burnout – when people are not themselves (cynicism, low motivation, compassion fatigue); what about you?
•Listen up & connect – make ways to connect with your people (people need connection, to be valued and to have a bigger purpose); what about you?
•Walk the talk – make time for family, friends, fitness, hobbies, set boundaries so that your people can do the same; admit when you don’t have all the answers.
•Create a not to do list – what is going to make the biggest difference and what is not worth the effort.
•Manage your energy – is just “one more email before stop work for the day” ever worth it?
•Take “micro breaks” in each area of wellbeing – for instance, a glass of water before a cup of coffee, a walk around the block between meetings, a set weekly social catch-up like a quiz night.
Has anyone got any other “life hacks” that keep them sane?
Summary
BNI can help us with most areas of our well-being – community, financial, career and social with our weekly meetings. Now, if we can just get that running group started!
