Work/Life Balance

Balance definition

• Harmonious proportion of life elements.

Define your life elements

• Family, Work, Community, Church, Friends, Self.

Your faith in God...

• ... is not an element, but foundational to all elements.

• "Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." Matthew 6:33

"Be very careful, then, how

you live - not as unwise

but as wise."

Ephesians 5:15

A balanced life is an integrated life

• Make strategic decisions on outcomes.

• Embrace and react to the daily, weekly and monthly changes.

Peak seasons will come and go

• Identify peak seasons in your elements.

• Define when they will start and stop.

• Discuss it openly with your spouse, family or friends.

• Have the courage to adjust your commitment when the peak season ends.

Work will offer many peak seasons

• Will it be a season or become a lifestyle?

Time with God is a prerequisite...

• ... to finding and living a balanced life.

Source: David Roth, WorkMatters, Inc.

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