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An Appropriate Life-Balance Equation Improves Your Performance
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Posted: 01/13/2010
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All ambitious professionals seek ways to improve their performance and make “statements” that impress executive management and accelerate their careers. Nothing helps more than adopting a comfortable life-balance strategy.
If you’ve adopted a workaholic program, willingly or not, you will be amazed how your daily performance improves almost immediately after changing and improving your life-balance equation. There is one key to making this plan work well for you. Ready?
Keep your work responsibilities in context with the much larger picture of your quality-of-life.
Your workplace duties are very important. However, they pale in comparison with your total quality of life. While the Hippies tended to be overbalanced toward life issues and the Yuppies often moved the equation 180 degrees to the work quotient, the key is to develop a balance. Your work performance will often make giant strides forward, even if you are a currently high performer. Some of the results you can expect include:
Spending one-half (eight hours) of your waking day at a job and workplace you enjoy is priceless. Just as the reverse, spending every work day in a frustrating job is a totally demoralizing experience; job enjoyment revitalizes you and your daily life.
An expanded sense of commitment to your job and company. A wonderful byproduct of a meaningful life-balance strategy is the expansion of your dedication to your job and to achieving superior performance. There is no stronger motivation to high performance than a commitment to a life-balance existence. You’ll find many former pressures melting away and a new ability to focus on workplace goals and objectives.
A new feeling of freedom to mold your career the way you want it to be. Just as many Generation X’ers viewed the workaholics their parents and friends became and just said “No,” a balanced life-work philosophy breaks the bonds of a work hard and no play plan. The freedom to be confident you can perform well without the guilt, pressure, and fear of the workaholic is uplifting and enriching.
These are but a few of the benefits you’ll enjoy by adopting a positive life-balance strategy. This balance orients you much like a compass, always pointing north, helps explorers reach their destination. Your personal GPS will focus on your well being, which in turn gives you increased energy and motivation to perform at the work site.
As a manager, your renewed energy and motivation (in all areas of your life) typically generate better workplace performance. Positive personality changes, subtle or dramatic, also contribute to the perception that you are a manager worth considering for future promotion. Should you wish to seek another position with a new employer, you often enjoy improved performance on your interviews and presentation. The right life-balance equation benefits you at many levels and typically improves your professional career.
Source: Kelly Services
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