Top 10 Work Life Balance Tips: Management Tip of the Day for Busy Leaders

A recent survey revealed that one-third of working people self-identified themselves as workaholics. Are you one of them? Join the Wily Manager guys this week, as they tackle Work-Life Balance, and discuss the employees’ role in achieving it.

Monday's Tip (Top 10 Work Life Balance Tips): Disconnect. Many people voluntarily check their work email at all hours, and find themselves “multi-tasking.” For the vast majority of people, this is voluntary. Carefully consider when and how you want to be connected outside of work hours.

Tuesday's Tip (Top 10 Work Life Balance Tips): Reconsider Your Expectations. In real life it isn't possible to have it all, and people have to make adult decisions about what's most important to them. The most successful people do this in a way that fulfills them.

Wednesday's Tip (Top 10 Work Life Balance Tips): Say “No”. You don’t actually have to be on every project or committee, and you may want to be selective with your volunteer activities. Contrary to popular belief, you CAN’T do it all.

Thursday's Tip (Top 10 Work Life Balance Tips): Delegate. Identify some things you can get off your plate, and get someone else to do them. What might be boring and routine for you, could be a stretch assignment that someone else might be able to pour some real energy into.

Friday's Tip (Top 10 Work Life Balance Tips): Exercise Discipline. Just like being a performance athlete, it takes a lot of work to get into the shape you want to be in, and just as much work to maintain it. Stick with it – it will be worth it.

Three Things to remember about Top 10 Work Life Balance Tips:

1. People who say this is easy are lying.
2. A lot of this pressure is self-imposed.
3. You cannot have it all –you will have to give up something.

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