S2E143 Myth Busting the Work/Life Balance
The Brian Buffini Show
Brian Buffini
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Many people want to have a better work/life balance, but what does this really mean and can it ever be achieved? In this episode, Brian explains the complexity of the work/life balance myth and shares tips to help you win in business and in life.
YOU WILL LEARN:
· Why it's not about balance, but balancing.
· How opposing forces work.
· Why you win at what you value.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
S1E166 Discipline Equals Freedom with Jocko Willink
NOTEWORTHY QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:
“Balance is not a destination. It's a process of adjustments to the changes and challenges of business and life.” – Brian Buffini
“Life is like riding a bicycle - to keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein
“The challenge of work/life balance is without question one of the most significant struggles faced by modern man.” – Stephen Covey
“We need to be disciplined with our time.” – Brian Buffini
“It takes the same amount of energy to worry as it does to succeed.” – Brian Buffini
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to it's a good life, the podcast for entrepreneurs, where it's all about growing |
| 0:07.8 | yourself and your business. |
| 0:09.8 | Here's your host, Fander of America's largest business coaching company, Brian the Feeney. |
| 0:18.1 | Top of the morning to you, and welcome to today's episode, The Myth of Work Life Balance. |
| 0:24.9 | You know, balance in most people's minds is actually a destination. |
| 0:30.0 | And the reason so many people feel stressed out when their businesses or their lives is |
| 0:34.6 | when they compare their own business and lives to the perceived destinations of other people. |
| 0:40.7 | We end up living our lives in the once I get there mentality. |
| 0:45.2 | Then I'll be able to achieve this mythical status of work life balance. |
| 0:49.3 | Well, balance is not a destination. |
| 0:52.9 | It's a process, a process of adjustments to the changes and challenges of business and |
| 0:57.9 | life. |
| 0:59.1 | The actual goal is balancing with emphasis on the ING part of that. |
| 1:05.3 | So I have three points for you today, as I usually do, that might give you a greater |
| 1:09.3 | sense of contentiveness with where you actually are, and a few pointers on how you might be |
| 1:14.5 | able to experience a greater sense of what you're looking for from this thing called balance. |
| 1:20.2 | So I have three points for you. |
| 1:21.9 | It's all about the ING is point number one. |
| 1:24.8 | The opposing forces is point number two, and number three, win at what you value. |
| 1:31.4 | So let me start by giving you a definition of balance. |
| 1:35.9 | So balance by definition is a state of equilibrium characterized by cancellation of all forces |
| 1:43.9 | by equal opposing forces. |
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