5 Ways to Improve Your Work-Life Balance Today

Maintaining a positive sense of work-life balance doesn’t just help you in your personal life. It emboldens your professional life, too. Having that clear demarcation can optimize your performance in the office because it allows you to truly recharge your batteries while at home. What I’m getting at is simply this: Striving for work-life balance doesn’t mean you’re sacrificing anything professionally. On the contrary, it may be a tremendous boost to your workplace productivity, creativity, and vigor.

The question, of course, is how can it be done? As a leadership speaker, I meet a lot of entrepreneurs and executives who wonder about balancing their work and home lives. Here are five of the tips that I provide them:

Involve your family. Sometimes the best way to figure out that work-life balance is to just put your cards on the table and ask for insight and support. Be real with your spouse and your kids about your goals and aspirations, both at work and at home. Ask them to help you brainstorm some ideas to juggle those priorities, and to hold you accountable to those goals.

Set a good example for your team. It’s important not only that you seek balance, but that you create a culture where balance is cherished. Don’t talk all day about work-life balance and then send work-related e-mails well after midnight. Live…