Work-Life Balance, Real Talk w/ Bert

HVAC School - For Techs, By Techs

Bryan Orr

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Careers

4.9 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Bryan and Bert talk through a real-life issue we all face as techs: work-life balance. Bert's recent video "triggered" Bryan a bit, so they talk through it.

Bryan believes that the work-life balance doesn't necessarily exist; instead of creating balance, he believes in a focus on discipline in work and home life as you're present to each of them. Instead of setting rules for dedicating his time, Bryan focuses on setting goals that can improve multiple parts of his life. That is how he is able to work at a high level in his company, make videos and podcasts, write articles, and raise a large family.

The main issue that Bryan has with "work-life balance" is that the term focuses on value rather than focus. The term also implies that there has to be a 50/50 ratio of importance. He believed that Bert's video gave people license to give in to distractions at work.

Bert is more inclined to pick up his personal phone at work if his wife is calling. He knows how to make time for his family because he knows how much his family values quality time. However, he understands that creating expectations is not the way to promote focus and balance in life. He knows that it's easy to create an issue when people feel unloved if their significant other doesn't pick up the phone at work, so he and Bryan discuss what love, prioritization, and open communication really look like.

Bryan and Bert also discuss:

Expectations and disappointment
Balance and focus
When people change in relationships
How a spouse can promote focus in your work and home life
Boundaries
Enabling others
Managing distractions at work
Moving forward
When are you working too much?
Discussing goals and making hard decisions
Setting priorities

Learn more about Refrigeration Technologies HERE.

If you have an iPhone, subscribe to the podcast HERE, and if you have an Android phone, subscribe HERE.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	and This episode of the HVAC School podcast is made possible by our sponsors.
0:20.6	And our sponsors are Field Piece.
0:22.6	Field Piece makes a lot of great instruments, a lot of great tools.
0:26.9	If you haven't taken a look at the MR-45 recovery machine and the VP85 vacuum pump yet,
0:31.7	I think you're gonna enjoy a lot of the features that they've got on those devices.
0:35.5	They both have very nice digital displays on them and they do the job right the first time every time.
0:41.5	And we've deployed a lot of MR-45's and VP85's out into the field.
0:45.0	We've had no issues with any of them and you can find those products at your local supply house or
0:49.6	if you're having trouble finding them you can go to true tech tools dot com and use the offer code
0:56.0	get schooled for a great discount of check out. Also carrier and carrier dot com
1:01.6	refrigeration technologies at refriggedec.com. Refrigeration Technologies at refriggedec.com. That's
1:05.3	Refrigeration Technologies. They make the Viper Cleaners. They also make
1:09.8	Big Blue. They make Nylog a lot of really great products. Some people have given me trouble for using
1:15.0	nylon on flares, but I'm just going to tell you, nylog is really refrigerant oil. I mean, it's
1:19.7	refrigerant oil that is thicker and stays where you put it and it works really great to make sure that you don't gaw your flares as you're making them.
1:26.7	Everything slides together nice and smooth again it is still the copper to copper bond that holds a flare.
1:31.6	It's not like you're putting thread sealing or something on it,
1:33.7	but it does a really good job of making a tight fit for your flares and we've had no issues with
1:37.5	leaks as long as we've been using Nylog and also following the other best practices.
1:42.4	Using good quality flaring blocks and also using a torque wrench and when you do use Nylog like any oil you do want to make sure not to overtorque because that can happen a little easier when you use a lubricant.
1:53.0	But anyway, Nylog, Big Blue, and Viper Cleaners all from refrigeration technologies.
1:58.0	I also want to thank Navac, Navac Global.com.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Bryan Orr, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Bryan Orr and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.