Balancing Work and Family

Balancing Work and Family can be a huge deal made easy with these positive and inspirational strategies and tips that includes daily inspirational quotes and positive quotes about family.

Lifelong peace and happiness can be obtained with a strong family. Society needs strong families. Strong families need strong marriages. Strong marriages need people with strong hearts and a good balance of what's essential in life.

*Here is how the process starts...

The first thing to do in regaining that life work balance and focus on family is to determine the things that are most important to you.

The second step is to create a list and write down what those important things are. Starting with the most important.

The third step is to focus on the the top 2 or 3 items that you have put on your list.

The fourth step is to begin to center the bulk of your daily actions around those 2-3 more important items on your list.

By following this uncomplicated process you will be half way to accomplishing your goal of balancing work and family. You will begin to get in tune with the important things in your life and this will lead you and your family true happiness that can only be achieved from a strong family.

*The support of a strong family at home helps people and helps careers.

The road to a strong family is an exploratory journey and one of profound discovery. It’s an imperfect path created by many decisions and a great deal of risk taking and much learning.

As the path unfolds before you, you’ll make decisions that will lead to one direction and you’ll suddenly see yourself going in a different direction.

The decisions you make are never always permanent but just another step in the direction that you wish to go.

Keep an open mind to experiences you never expected to encounter and never be afraid to make a wrong decision.

Stay firm to a solid core of values and principles and know that through all the confusion and uncertainty that you’ll face, you’ll always be moving in the path you wish to go even in times when it seems that you’re moving in the opposite direction.

Be grateful for the blessings of all your strengths and know that you have the God given gifts to withstand everything that is put in front of you even in times of true test.



Build your path to a strong family and for all your work you’ll be blessed with so much more.

~J. Charest

"Make It A Good Day"

*Strategies to Balancing WORK AND FAMILY

1. Life Work Balance is a Daily Effort. Your actions need to turn into part of your daily effort. The balancing part doesn't come naturally. Find inspiration for your actions in our inspirational quotes (put into picture in this post) and learn how they can help you make positive changes.

2. Make a List and Write Down Your Priorities (like what I've said previously). It's important to point it out again. It will be easier to act on the stuff that matter most to you if you actually write them down on paper and you can also put it on your tablet's or mobile phone's organizer. Keep the list near you or you can make a daily alarm and review it each day to reinforce your actions toward positive focus on family success.

3. Stick To Your Family Values. You will need to make challenging decisions along the way. Stand firm to your values and belief no matter how hard the decision is to start moving towards positive life and family changes. Know your priorities and stick to them.

4. Remain Flexible in Your Efforts to Achieve Balance. Life will throw you hard puches and your life situation will change and you may need to make adjustments along the way. It's important to stay open minded to change and stay flexible in your efforts.

5. Stay Healthy and Reduce Stress. Sickness and stress at work can put undue pressure on family life. Working long hours, no exercise and poor eating habits will lead to poor health and increased stress. Exercise regularly and eat healthy and your family will benefit. Healthy living is a very important family value and an important part of balancing work and family..

*BALANCING WORK AND FAMILY QUIZ

1. Are you successful at making the time to do things with your family everyday?

2. Do you engage in a quality family time on a regular basis without feeling anxious or thinking about work?

3. Can you participate in family activities without interrupting those activities with concerns of unfinished business at work?

4. Can you keep your focus on family during family time without worrying about your own life work balance?

If you answered "YES" to all of the questions, then you are well on your way to balancing work and family. But don't stop here because there is still more work to do in strengthening your family values.

You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once.
~Polish Proverb


*Additional Tips for Balancing Work and Family

Your success at balancing work and family will have an enormous impact on your kids and the family structure that they will be surrounded by for love and support.

It's this love and support structure and your teachings of strong family values that will give them the tools they need as adults to be successful at balancing work and family in thier own lives.

They will have a stonger family and will be more successful parents.

A successful family/work life is dependent on finding the right balance, making the right choices and ensuring that you have the flexibility, systems and support to achieve the goals that you have set. It takes teamwork, perseverance and a lot of effort. Remember that you can anything but you just can't do EVERYTHING.

Please write a comment or send an email if you have questions or suggestions so we can make this post much more informative.

Thanks for reading and I hope you've learn something. Stay blessed!

The Best Ways to Keep Your Motivation High

One of the primary reasons why people don’t achieve their target is because they lack the motivation to either get started, or to keep going once the going gets tough.

Fortunately, there are many distinctive strategies you can use in order to motivate yourself to work toward the achievement of you goals. Here are my list of best ways to keep your motivation high:

*Make sure that the goal is your own. 

Nothing will drain your energy as much as trying to go after a goal that someone else has set for you and which you don’t believe in. Think of the difference between the effort that you have to produce in order to walk uphill, in comparison to the effort that you have to make in order to walk downhill.

-Taking action in order to accomplish a goal that someone else has set for you is like walking uphill. Since the goal is not something that would really inspires you, you have to continually push yourself to act.

-Taking action in order to achieve a goal that is your own is like walking downhill. Since the goal is something that would really inspires you, it pulls you toward it like the force of gravity.

*Engage in what you like best.

"A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.”
-Charles M. Schwab

"Enthusiasm is easily expressed when one is inspired by a burning desire for something. Therefore, you need to set goals that you’re enthusiastic about. Think of enthusiasm as the flame that keeps your motivation burning."
- Napoleon Hill

*Surround yourself with people who are enthusiastic.

Other people can either dampen your enthusiasm and your interest, or they can help you to keep your motivation high. Befriend people who will inspire you and challenge you to achieve your goals.

In addition, enthusiasm is contagious. When you’re with people who are enthusiastic about their lives and about their goals, their enthusiasm will rub off on you.

*Use affirmations.

Usually, I’m not a fan of affirmations. Telling yourself things such as, “I am now a millionaire”– when the truth is that you do not any savings in the bank–, is not significant in any way. However, affirmations such as the following are useful:

-By taking small steps on a consistent basis, I will achieve my goal.
-I have the capability to achieve anything I set my mind to.
-No matter the challenge, I will see it through.
-Each time I fall, I get back up again.

*Ask yourself questions.

"One of the best ways to generate enthusiasm in yourself is by asking yourself questions about your abilities, your ideas, and your progress. Likewise, if you want to generate enthusiasm in others, ask them questions."
-Earl Prevette

“Ask enough questions and you will find the answer. Asking questions starts an endless chain of ideas, each one suggesting several others. Most inventions and improvements are the result of questions. Someone wanted to know the answer.”
-Earl Prevette

Questions stir up ideas, arouse feedback, stimulate interest, and create aspiration. That is, they generate enthusiasm. Here are some questions you can use in order to begin producing enthusiasm:

How can I have more fun doing this?
What’s good about this situation?
How can I continue moving forward?
What’s the next best step that I can take?
What do I want to happen here?
How can I advance the speed at which I’m moving forward?

*Focus.

Still another way to generate enthusiasm is by giving your full attention to what you’re doing. Earl Prevette explains that doing any job well requires concentration of thought. Integrate your mental attributes completely, pull together, and pay strict attention to what you’re doing.

“It is not putting in hours, but putting yourself into the hours that wins promotion, earns more money, precipitates an increase in salary and gets you ahead.”
-Earl Prevette

Whatever it is that you’re doing, look for ways to drag your attention together and place it fully on the activity that you’re carrying out. It’s very difficult to generate enthusiasm when half of your mind is on one thing, and the other half is contemplative of something else.

Create a “yes, but” list.

Whatever the goal is that you’re trying to fulfill, you can probably come up with a never ending list of reasons of why you can’t achieve it. These doubts linger in the back of your mind, eating away at your motivation. However, there’s a process you can use to help you alleviate these doubts. I call it the “yes, but” approach.

Sit down and write down all of the reasons why you think that you may not be able to attain your goals. Then, counter each of these with a “yes, but”. Here’s an example:

Reason I can’t complete my goal: I’m too old to go back to school.
Response: Yes, I am older, but my life experience is an advantage that younger people don’t have, and which will help me to do well in my studies.

Addressing your disbelief and looking for ways to knock them down or turn them into positives will help raise your motivation.

*Generate enthusiasm and motivation by feeling appreciation.

One of the emotions that helps to generate enthusiasm—and, therefore, helps to keep your motivation high–is gratitude. Feel gratitude for everything that you have that is helping you to achieve your goal. Here are three examples:

-Feel grateful that you have the health that is necessary to achieve your goal.
-Feel grateful that you have access to the internet which allows you to quickly find the information that you need in order to achieve your goal.
-Feel grateful that—through books—you have access to the stories of people who have already achieved what you’re trying to accomplish. This allows you to use these people as mentors and role models (even if you’ll never meet or speak to them).

*Be motivated by the past.

Make a list of all of your past successes. Whenever you’re feeling unmotivated, take out your list. Reminding yourself of everything that you’ve accomplished so far is a great way to pump yourself up when you feel like your efforts are not producing the results you were hoping for.

*Boost your self-esteem.

Your motivation may be low because you don’t feel that you’re capable of achieving your goals. If you think that you don’t have what it takes in order to achieve your objectives, your motivation will suffer. If this is the case, take steps to increase your self-confidence, and your motivation will rise accordingly.

*Give yourself a break.

If you’re constantly “on”, and you’re always striving to achieve your goal, sooner or later, you’re going to burn out.  Allow yourself to take breaks and do stuff that’s not productive, but that you enjoy doing. We all need some downtime.

Is there a TV show you really enjoy? Put it on your schedule.
Is there a video game you love to play? Give yourself a chunk of time to just sit back and play.
Is there a trashy novel you’ve been wanting to read? Take a weekend off, go to the beach, and sit under a beach umbrella with your novel.
Think of these scheduled breaks as an opportunity to recharge your battery, so that you’re fully charged and ready to go when it’s time to get back to working on your goal.

*Make the journey more enjoyable.

As Earl Nightingale once said, “Happiness comes from direction not arrival. It’s the trip that is enjoyable. Moving toward our goals is more satisfying than accomplishing them.”

If moving toward your goal is not currently satisfying, ask yourself how you can make the action that you need to take in order to achieve your goal more enjoyable. Here are some ways in which you can do this:

Add variety: work in a different location or try a different work method.

Balance physical work with mental work: if your goal requires a lot of mental work, take a break every now and then and do something physical. For example, you can go for a jog or turn on some music and dance around the room.

Involve others: ask a friend to read the first chapter of your novel and discuss it with you, or get your sister to train for the marathon with you.

Avoid the unpleasant: if there’s something that you need to do in order to achieve your goal which you find highly unpleasant, look for a way to outsource it, delegate it, or eliminate it.

Make the task more enjoyable: if there’s a task that you find unpleasant and which you can’t avoid doing, find a way to make it more enjoyable, even if it means that it will take longer.

Try to remain in a state of joy—or at the very least contentment–throughout the entire journey toward the achievement of your goal.  This means that sometimes you’ll have to sacrifice efficiency in favor of joy. And that’s OK.

*Begin.

Whatever you want to do, begin it.

“Do the thing, and you shall have the power.”
-Earl Prevette

Start learning about the topic at hand; the more you know about something that more likely you are to become enthusiastic about it. In addition, set small goals for yourself and begin to achieve them. These small achievements will help you to generate the enthusiasm that you’ll need to keep going.

In order to live your best life, you need to set goals. And in order to work toward the achievement of those goals, you need motivation. Use these strategies described above in order to keep your motivation high.