Work-Life Balance Solution

Prepared By Navid SakhaiFor ILIA Corporation

Personal Life Balance?

Where should I start from?

Where Are Here! On Earth.And It Is, 21st Century!

Living in a developed World, we are facing challenges like never before.

In the 21st century, life and work are conducted in a dynamic context that includes: A global society facing complex

political, economic, technological, and environmental challenges

A service economy driven by information, knowledge, and innovation

Diverse communities and workplaces that rely on cross-cultural collaborative relationships and virtual social networks

An intensely competitive and constantly changing worldwide marketplace

And the development and improvement of technology has greatly improved our lives. It has led to a far better, easier and very comfortable life for the people: Communication and information

travels faster and faster. The world seems smaller and

smaller. Cell phones have made it easy to

work from anywhere. Each person have access to waste

amount useful information. And we are getting more and more

engaged!

As the pace of our life is getting faster, we face new kind of conflicts: Stress factors are rising. We have to do more, in less time. Boundaries between our work life

and personal life isn’t clear any more.

And we naturally assume that we have to work harder in order to reach the expectations!

And it’s the same for men and women in lots of ways.

There is nothing wrong with wanting to work hard;

But working hard and not paying attention to your own basic needs, can push

you to the point of burning-out!

How to avoid it?

Always Remember:No matter how hard you work, it's important to find a healthy balance between your work life and personal life.

Why?

- Simply because There are to much things, one self desires to do!

How can we achieve work-life balance?

Let's first define what work-life balance is not;

Work-Life Balance does not mean an equal balance. Trying to schedule an equal number of hours for each of your various work and personal activities is usually unrewarding and unrealistic.

Your best individual work-life balance will vary over time, often on a daily basis. The right balance for you today will probably be different for you tomorrow.

There is no perfect, one-size fits all, balance you should be striving for. The best work-life balance is different for each of us because we all have different priorities and different lives.

Many people try to find "Work life balance" with better time management. In order to have the skills that allow for this balance, one needs to understand how they want to spend their time.

Achievement and Enjoyment are the front and back of the coin of value in life. You can't have one without the other, no more than you can have a coin with only one side. Trying to live a one sided life is why so many "Successful" people are not happy, or not nearly as happy as they should be.

However, at the core of an effective “work-life balance“ definition are two key everyday concepts that are relevant to each of us. They are daily Achievement and Enjoyment, ideas almost deceptive in their simplicity.

Ask yourself now, when was the last time you Achieved AND Enjoyed something at work? What about Achieved AND Enjoyed with your family; your friends? And how recently have you Achieved AND Enjoyed something just for you?

“We Only Live Once! And for a limited time only.”Each activity takes a part of your time. It means that, you can not allocate that time to do any other tasks…

So you have to; Make a list of all the

things you want to do with that time, and things you prefer not to do with it.

Prioritize through this list. And carefully prepare a

plan of action to get the most out of it.

The Greatest Challenge Is This:

Start with knowing your self better; Who are you? What you care about in life? What is your core beliefs and

Where they came from? What’s your basic needs? What is the thing that you are

most passionate about? What is the basic needs of

your human body and soul?

Awareness & Clarity

Where To Start?

The key to success of your plan is;

Why do human beings do the things they do?

How is it that one person will sacrifice his own life for another,while another will murder a stranger for sheer pleasure?What is the force that drives and shapes all of our emotions, actions, qualities of life, and ultimately, our destinies?While each human being is unique,we also share nervous systems that function in the same way.There are also six fundamental needs that everyone has in common, and all behavior is simply an attempt to meet those six needs.

The Six Human Needs

1. Certainty: assurance you can avoid pain and gain pleasure

2. Uncertainty/Variety: the need for the unknown, change, new stimuli

3. Significance: feeling unique, important, special or needed

4. Connection/Love: a strong feeling of closeness or union with someone or something

5. Growth: an expansion of capacity, capability or understanding

6. Contribution: a sense of service and focus on helping, giving to and supporting others

This drive is encoded in our nervous system. The means by which people meet these six human needs are unlimited.For Example:

- Desire for certainty, that we can avoid pain and gain pleasure (i.e. comfort).

Others obtain certainty by giving up control and adopting a philosophy of faith.

Some people pursue this need by striving to control all aspects of their lives.

Variety makes us feel alive and engaged.

The force of life is the drive for fulfillment; we all have a need to experience a life of meaning.

- Desire for significance, a belief that one’s life has meaning and importance.

Some individuals will pursue this need by competing with others, or by destroying and tearing down those around them.

Others may strive to fulfill this need through connection with other human beings.

Fulfillment can only be achieved through a pattern of living in which we focus on two spiritual needs:1) the need to continuously

grow; and2) the need to contribute

beyond ourselves in a meaningful way.

All dysfunctional behaviors arise from the inability to consistently meet these needs. When our attempts to reach fulfillment fail, we will settle for comfort, or for meeting our needs on a small scale.

Understanding these needs, and which ones you are trying to meet in any given moment, can help you create new patterns that lead to lasting fulfillment.

"You know, we just want to achieve something today and we want to enjoy something today. And if we do both of those things today, we’re going to have a pretty good day. And if we do both of those things every day, for the rest of our lives… we’re going to have a pretty good life.“You need to be prepared for this continuous progress!Life is like riding a bicycle, To keep your balance you must keep moving.

- Albert Einstein

Your Basic Needs;You need specific amount of nutrition, sleep and physical activities, to keep you body operating, and delivering the tasks you expect from it.Blood Type: Your blood type affect all aspects of your life. There is a specific diet that each blood type need to consume to increase it’s productivitySleep & Recreation: Recreation happens at sleep, if you do not take enough sleep, you are at high risk of getting exhausted.Exercise: Studies have shown that people who exercise daily, have higher productivity and are able to deliver better results at work.

No matter how prepared you are, If you don’t pay attention to your body you won’t be able to keep your balance!

And stop blaming others!

Take responsibility for your life!Despite your environment and situations in life there is so much that you’re capable to do.Study you life closely, pay close attention to your life and find what’s sapping your energy at work and home.Write a plan of action and dedicate your self to it!

Implement

Leaders Call of Duty!

When your team members decide to take responsibility for what they have to do in order to make their “Life-Work Balance“ implemented in their every day life, it’s your duty to help them achieve what they need at work environment.

First make sure that you are on the same page;Make sure that everybody know and understand where your organization want to go!

Make everybody feel engaged;Spend some time to hear their voice and talk to them about their opinions regularly. It helps them adapt the projects, and they will feel more comfortable and energized to work on them.

Be a part of the team;Engage with your team. Pay attention to their personality, hear them, so you would prevent personal conflicts affect your teams productivity.

Give them the credit;Count everybody in, especially when you are celebrating success.This gives your people the confidence and feeling that their endeavor is appreciated

Be Victorious

Personal Awareness

One’s Desire to Change

Clarity & Dedication

Effective Leadership

* By the means of these simple steps, there are so many people and organizations which was able to maintain a fair balance between their work process and daily life.

So start taking responsibility for your life, and…

And Take Control!