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INTENTIONAL WORK-LIFE BALANCE

You can have it all. Just not all at once.

OPRAH WINFREY

THE THIRD strategy that will help you show your worth and emerge as a leader is Intentional Work-Life Balance, and in this chapter we will focus on how you intentionally thrive in your work and your life outside of work. Our jobs don’t define us even if we love what we do. There’s so much more to us than that. We’re mothers, daughters, sisters, friends, volunteers, caregivers, and more. Each of our roles gives meaning to our lives, and all vie for our limited attention and energy.

Work-life balance means something different to everyone, but in essence, it’s the state of equilibrium where a person prioritizes the demands of her career and the demands of her ...

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