Focus on Your Goals and Maintain Work Life Balance

Feb 26, 2020, 11:00 PM

Why do 95% of us run out of gas, air, and time?

As entrepreneurs it is way too easy to focus 100% of our time on our business. Who has time to worry about nutrition, fitness, and social connections when we are trying to do everything possible to stay in business, or build something that will change the world? 

My good friend Jack Crawford, the Founding General Partner of Impact Venture Capital, shares why he believes these things are extremely important. Jack found himself at a point in life when he was spread way too thin, was putting off family time to put out “fires,” and was not making the impact in his business he knew he was capable of. 

So, Jack decided to take action and has been researching, testing, and building tools/techniques in order to create the life and business he wants. He calls it his “strategic plan for life.” His strategic plan for life has helped him become laser focused on what’s most important in life and as a result, he is now taking massive steps to achieving his big hairy audacious goals. 

In this episode Jack shares all of the research he has gathered, the tools/techniques he uses regularly, and how he actually implemented all of this into his and his family’s lives. 

Taking the time to focus on the most important pieces of your life outside your business will help you become more successful than you think, and it’s a lot more fun!

Show Notes:

Jack explains that blue zones are areas in which people live the most happy/fulfilled lives and what makes up a blue zone. (12:40) 

Where does your brain look for achievement? Focus on your goals and ignore the rest. Train your brain to look for achievement that is meaningful to you. (19:40)

Jack shares his morning routine and why it is so important in order to achieve your goals and work and life balance. (24:10)

Jack shares why he believes 95% of entrepreneurs run out of gas, run out of air, and run out of time. (28:45)

People who experience tragedy usually have an enhanced perspective on life. Jack has been able to manufacture and maintain an enhanced perspective on life by implementing his strategic plan for life. (34:15)

Stop trying to do everything. Focus on your goals not others and clean up your to do list by asking what you can defer and what you can delegate. Work life balance tips. (40:15)

Jack shares how to accomplish work life balance by leveraging your time (49:45)

The tools that Jack uses to build his strategic plan for life to focus on your goals and maintain work life balance. (58:15)

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