The work/life balance topic is always a hot one with entrepreneurs–especially today when Smartphones keep us connected at all times. Now more than ever, professionals are faced with the impossible challenge of cultivating a healthy personal life while striving to reach their entrepreneurial goals.
So, how can you balance your personal life and your professional life?
In my opinion, you can’t. While there are always exceptions, a work/life balance is really a unicorn: it doesn’t exist.
Much as we’d like to pretend to separate the two, that’s an unreasonable feat to overcome. Put simply: If you are an entrepreneur, work is personal and personal is work.
That said, there are plenty of ways to make your life work:
A great example of how to multitask in this way is to think outside of the “time” box—instead of limiting yourself to 9 – 5 with a traditional lunch break, let yourself take time in the afternoon when you need it. If your child has a special day at school, go and be a part of it; you can always make up the work later on that night after you’ve put them to bed.
Just remember that you don’t have to be everything to everyone: only to yourself.
David Nilssen is the CEO & Co-Founder of Guidant Financial. Read more tips about becoming a successful entrepreneur in his book, Making the Jump into Small Business Ownership. He can be found on Twitter at @DavidNilssen.
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