{"id":896,"date":"2019-01-14T01:39:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T01:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/?p=896"},"modified":"2019-01-14T17:46:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T17:46:59","slug":"creating-a-workable-work-life-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/14\/creating-a-workable-work-life-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Workable Work-Life Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations, you made it to the start of a new year! And with that comes setting or recalibrating your personal development stretch goals that will be your focus for 2019.<br><br>A common complaint, which sometimes translates into a goal, is &#8220;How will you introduce or re-introduce balance into your life?&#8221;. If I were your executive coach I would gently nudge into one of the most powerful coaching questions &#8220;<strong>What is in your control?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Quiz-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quiz<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Quiz-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Go ahead take a few minutes to record your answers to the 10 question, Work-Life Balance Quiz provided by the Canadian Mental Health Association. Tally your scores and then refer to what your score corresponds with.<br><br><strong>What your score means <\/strong><br><strong>0 \u2013 3: Your life is out of balance<\/strong> &#8211; you need to make significant changes to find your equilibrium. But you can take control!<br><strong>4 \u2013 6: You&#8217;re keeping things under control<\/strong> &#8211; but only barely. Now is the time to take action before your knocked off balance.<br><strong>7 \u2013 10: You&#8217;re on the right track!<\/strong> You&#8217;ve been able to achieve work\/life balance &#8211; now make sure you protect it.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>\u201c If you are like most people, this brief quiz will underline what you already know &#8211; your life is out of control and you feel helpless about this lack of self-management. \u201d &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How does this snapshot make your feel?&nbsp; If you are like most people, this brief quiz will underline what you already know &#8211; your life is out of control and you feel helpless about this lack of self-management.<br><br>Here are just a few tips to help you capture your time in service of what you need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Schedule short 5 minute breaks throughout your day. Better still set aside 3 x 5 minute breaks to check-in with yourself and ask &#8220;I s what I am doing right now important to me and my company in the scheme of things?&#8221;<\/li><li>Unplug from your laptop, iPad, and cell phone to reduce the temptation to be continuously checking in with your primary distraction.<\/li><li>Say &#8220;No&#8221; to every request or demand put in front of you. Know your priorities and assert your right to say &#8220;No&#8221; to the projects or activities that don\u2019t align with your life priorities and responsibilities.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reflect on a time when you were at your best.  &#8220;What were thinking and feeling that gave you this intoxicating power that lead to accomplishment and fulfillment?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please share this newsletter with other interested leaders\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"38\" src=\"http:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/TheHolbrowGroupIncLogo_v2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-992\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/14\/creating-a-workable-work-life-balance\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coaching","category-leadership","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=896"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":999,"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896\/revisions\/999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}