Summary:

We have bad news for you. There is no such thing as work/life balance. But there is such thing as appropriate prioritization. When you prioritize all of the areas of your life in a way that allows you to thrive, and you stick to this prioritization in a purposeful way – with much intention- then you will be living your best life.

To do this, first decide, on your own, what areas of your life are most important. Then, write down these areas in order of importance.

In this video, Brett explains the priority areas of life, and why they are ordered a certain way. He provides this as an example for you:

1. Relationship with God
2. Physical health
3. Relationship with others
4. Emotional health
5. Work and continued learning
6. Finances

It’s not about balancing each of these perfectly, but rather, putting the appropriate amount of focus, energy, and intention into each of these areas of life continually over time.

Full Transcript:

Hey there, Brett Blair with Best Life Global. You know, I run into people all the time that ask me, “How do they stay balanced?” Like how do they get their lives back into some sort of equilibrium or balance, because they all tend to get knocked off? Either they’re overworking or they’re… they’re not working enough or something’s wrong in their life and I’ve got bad news for ya.

There is no such thing as life, work/life balance. Balance is really not the key, but there, I have good news for ya, there is something called appropriate prioritization of all areas of your life and I really work on this in my own life and with the people that I coach, to get people more aware and more on purpose, with intention, living their lives, putting energy into those areas that they’ve declared are most important.

So, how do you do this? Well, first of all, you just decide in your own privacy, what areas of your life are most important, and if you can, put ’em in priority order.

So, for example, for me, my, I’m a Christian and my relationship with God and my faith and my spirituality, that’s all my highest priority.

Number two, for me, is my physical health. And I get criticized for this, people think that’s selfish, but I think that if I’m not physically healthy, I become a burden. I burden to my wife, a burden to society in general, so I put my physical health way up there.

Number three, for me, is my wife and my children, and my parents, my friends, my colleagues, that whole thing called relationships. Relationships are my number three priority in my life.

Number four is my emotional health. My ability to be present and to be focused and to not be burdened about the past, or worried about the future, but being here and now, with you, is important to me, that’s why it’s my fourth priority.

Number five, for me, is a combination of my work and continuing to learn.

And then last, for me, of the top six priorities, is financial, is money. And I believe and I’ve found that if I’m really doing well in the other areas in my life, that the money will somehow just be there, cause you’re so good at everything else, you’re valuable in a marketplace.

But again, it’s not balance. I spend most of my time working, so it’s not balance, but it’s putting appropriate amount of focus and energy and intention in each of those areas in my life, continually, over time, creates a total life that’s far better than one that’s overworked in one area and under, or neglected, under-focused on, in another area.

So I recommend to you, first of all, get honest about what areas of your life are important. And you write those down. And then at least once a month, sit down, by yourself, and ask yourself on a scale of one to 10, “how are you doing in each of those areas?”

And I like to then plot that in a circle with, like a wheel, with spokes and each spoke represents a different area in my life and then put a dot on a zero to 10 scale, put a dot on where your ranking shows up on each of those spokes and then connect the dots and then you’ll see if you have a flat tire in your diagram.

And a life that’s relatively balanced, to use that word, where prioritizations are relatively appropriate is like a tire fully inflated that rolls down the road, but if you have a flat spot on that tire, you have a flat tire, it thuds down the road.

You want a life where you’re putting appropriate energy and appropriate focus, appropriate attention, into each of the areas of your life, such that you’ll live your life better, in the long-run, happier, healthier, more successful and live your best life. I hope that helps.

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