You’ve probably heard the buzz phrase “work-life balance”.  I’m compelled to ask,

“What’s balanced about your world today?”

Do you spend a perfect 8 hours sleeping, walk 10,000 steps a day and drink 100 fluid ounces of water, and stay below 1,800 calories of the proper kind of nutrient-rich foods each day?

These are great goals to aspire to but my bigger question is, how do you respond to the days you don’t accomplish this?

Do you get angry at and down on yourself?  If so, what does that look like and how does it ultimately help or hurt your efforts?

Now let’s turn our attention to your career.

Do you set goals for yourself?

Do you review them often?

What do you do when some of your goals aren’t met?

-Are you hard on yourself?

-Do you end up putting in more time at work to somehow “make up” for the goals that are “slipping”?

-What are the impacts to you versus the people you love?

In a moment of self reflection, I would say I wasn’t smart enough to ask myself these questions early enough to make a difference in some of my key relationships.

I chased the rabbit.  I spent inordinate amounts of time trying to meet a number, whether set by me or someone else, and lost sight of why I was working so hard.

Note: For clarity sake, you won’t stomp the work ethic out of this author, but there is room for refinement, room for improvement, such as:

Focusing on quality, not quantity-

Be present and engaged in your role, whether CEO or any other position.  Be just as present and just as engaged at home or with friends.  Aspire for balance but achieve harmony (defined as: the quality of forming a pleasing and consistent whole).

Have a blessed weekend, a blessed Easter and seek harmony!

He is risen!