You're listening to the Creating a Brand podcast where we deliver weekly masterclass interviews on topics to help you make your first or next step in business the right one.

I'm your host, Alex San Felipe.

Work-life balance has been called unobtainable, or even a myth by many business professionals.

But today's guest, Dr. Travis Perry, has a different perspective.

According to Dr. Travis in his 10-plus years of research, achieving balance is possible,

and it should be pursued by every entrepreneur.

Dr. Travis is the creator of the make-time method, and he has devoted

his life to research on the topic of work-life balance. This is a fascinating conversation that I

personally learned a lot from, and I trust that it will also serve you well. With that said,

here's my conversation with Dr. Travis Perry about achieving work-life balance in an overworked

world.

Dr. Travis, welcome to the Creating a Brand podcast.

Thanks, Alex, for having me on.

So your name and voice actually might be familiar to some of the listeners today,

and that's because you and I actually co-led a Zoom call about being productive while working from home. It was extremely impactful, and actually some of the listeners today. And that's because you and I actually co-led a Zoom call about being productive while working from home. It was extremely impactful. And actually, some of the people who attended that call, that Zoom call that we did, actually still reference it today. So I

want to say thank you so much for being part of that. And also coming back and actually being on

the show to just add value to the audience once again. So I appreciate you being here, man.

Oh, thank you, Alex. I'm glad it was helpful. And it's an honor to be here.

Today we're actually going to go through some of the high level points from your new book called Achieving Balance, which is actually currently available for pre-order or depending

when you listen to it, it might actually be out. I know you're still working on that date, but we're getting real close here. So today's a bit of a sneak peek because I actually haven't read this either, but I want to start

off because of the name itself kind of caught my attention, which I'm guessing you hear quite a bit,

but it has the word achieving balance in it. Balance, that word there is something that most

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