By Anne M. Bachrach (USA)

Is your life truly in balance?  Don’t be so quick to answer yes.  Leading a balanced life doesn’t mean living 50/50 between your personal and business lives.  It’s about having enough time to do what really matters to you, whether that’s turning a nice profit in business or spending quality time with your family.

If you feel as if your life is out of alignment, read and implement the tips below for creating even more balance in your life.

  1. Identify what’s important to you

There’s no right or wrong way to go about creating balance in life.  This truly is a “to each his own” situation.  Do you desire more time with your family?  Maybe you are more interested in travelling the world?  Do you want to be more fit and healthy?  Or, perhaps you just want to focus on building your business.  Contrary to common belief, balance does not have to equal out to 50/50.  If you are content with the way you divide your time, your ideal of balance could work out to be 60% work and 40% family time, or vice versa.

Source: iCN Issue 12 (Personal Coaching); pages 27-28

About Anne M. Bachrach

Anne is known as The Accountability Coach™.  She has 23 years of experience training and coaching.  Business owners and entrepreneurs who utilise Anne’s proven systems and processes work less, make more money, and have a more balanced and successful life. Anne is the author of the books, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule!, and Live Life with No Regrets; How the Choices We Make Impact Our Lives, No Excuses!, and The Work Life Balance Emergency Kit.