How to Balance Remote Work and Family Life

The Double Win

Michael Hyatt

Education, Productivity, Influence, Teamleadership, Self-improvement, Selfdevelopment, Achievement, Business, Intentionality, Management, Personaldevelopment, Selfleadership, Leadership

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The opportunity to work from home sounds great! But the reality of being forced to make that shift on short notice can be stressful. Add to that the school closings, work-from-home spouses, and the general uncertainty of the times. It’s nerve wracking! You may be wondering how to keep your sanity, let alone keep your focus. We’ve got help. Our company started as an all-remote team. And before the COVID-19 crisis, we still operated on a hybrid model, with all employees working from home part of the time. We’ve got a quick set of clear, simple actions you can take to keep your focus at work and your family intact. In this episode, you’ll discover— Tips from members of the Michael Hyatt and Company team on their experience with working remotely Suggestions for adjusting your rituals to accommodate alternate schedules The importance of continued connection with friends and loved ones How to intentionally create structure for you and your family The importance of finding a quiet space to focus on your work How to signal to your family that you are in “do not disturb” mode Ideas for how to switch from home mode to work mode and back Why your rituals are even more important during crazy times—even if they look a bit different The role that grace plays in your work/family balance See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This episode of Lead to Win is brought to you by The Vision Driven Leader,
0:04.4	Michael's new book on Why Vision Matters,
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0:14.0	Pre-order your copy today at vision-driven leader.com.
0:18.0	Hi, I'm Megan Hyatt Miller, and I'm Larry Wilson.
0:24.0	And this is lead to win our weekly podcast to help you win at work and succeed at life.
0:29.0	And today we're talking about a problem that many of you are facing for the first time, how to balance family life
0:36.1	and, and remote work.
0:40.1	This coronavirus has really upended things for a lot of people. I know so many businesses
0:49.1	are sending all or part of their workforce to work from home and a lot of people are
0:55.0	dealing with us for the very first time but here at Michael Hiding Company we've got a
0:59.6	little special expertise in this area, don't we?
1:02.9	We do.
1:03.9	We started as 100% remote work company and we've been using kind of like a hybrid approach of in-person
1:09.5	and remote work for the last two years.
1:12.0	But we have a common workspace, but that's been shut down now.
1:15.3	And so while we've been working remotely sometimes,
1:18.6	now we are working with the rest of you 100% of the time remotely and those of us with kids are
1:25.2	working 100% remotely 100% of the time with our kids so you know you can't see my
1:30.4	face but I'm trying to pull my hair out right now and I I can see my face but I'm trying to pull my hair out right now.
1:33.0	Yeah and I can see your face on video because we're recording remotely.
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