1. Work / Life Balance
Christine Stolpe CPP
Friday, October 13

2. Agenda
Definition
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Take Aways

3. What is Work/Life Balance
Work Life Balance is a concept including proper prioritizing between “work” (career and ambition) and “lifestyle” (health, pleasure, leisure, family & spiritual development/meditation). This is related to the idea of “lifestyle choice”
- Wikipedia

4. Alternative Facts
Despite the worldwide quest for work-life balance, very few have found an acceptable definition of the concept.
-Worklifebalance.com

5. What the experts say…
Don’t be doing all the time — put time aside to just be. All work and no play is a sure fire path to fatigue.
-Richard Branson
You’ve got to keep control of your time, and you can’t unless you say no. You can’t let people set your agenda in life.
-Warren Buffett

6. Your Definition Of

7. Exercise 1

8. Exercise 2
Use the Life Balance Wheel provided here. You may also search the internet for “Life Balance Wheel,” and you’ll find many free printable templates.
After you print it out, mark your level of satisfaction within in each area of your life.
Connect the dots to see how balanced or imbalanced you have described your life.

9. Will it ever be a perfectly balanced circle?

11. The definition may change
Generational Differences in Opinions
Working Remotely
Perception
Reality
Employer’s Perspective
Morale
Health
Loyalty

12. Implementation

13. Setting Your Priorities
What are your big rocks?
Does your wheel balance?

14. You’ve just set your goals!
CONGRATULATIONS!
You’ve just set your goals!

15. Modification
If you set the bar too high, you will find disappointment around every corner and not achieve any kind of balance?
If you set the bar too low, is the end result really the balance you wanted to achieve?
Setting goals that are realistic and achievable will afford you the balance you desire and deserve

16. We are talking about balance… Get really REAL with yourself
It’s okay to dream big…
We are talking about balance…
Get really REAL with yourself
about what that means

18. The Dash
1969 ~
2070
Make it count

19. balance
is not something you
find
it’s something you
create

20. Thank You!