If you don't have clear boundaries between business and life, you risk getting stuck in work and missing out on all other areas of life. So learn to say "no", both to other people and to yourself.
For example, if your work boundary ends on Friday evening, no blockage at work should make you miss Friday gatherings with your family. If you work out at the gym from 8.00 to 10.00, early meetings at work will no longer suit you.
The same goes for personal life. Relatives should respect your boundaries, and if your working day is set from 10.00 to 19.00, no one should distract you at this time. Especially if you work from home.
The style of work itself may change, but one rule remains unchanged — periodically you need to get up from the table and move. Movement helps to recharge your energy and stimulates the emergence of new thoughts. The blood flow increases, which is equally good for the brain and for the body as a whole.
However, simple walks around the table, of course, are not enough to fully relax and regain strength. So, in any case, you should leave at least one day completely dedicated to yourself in your busy week.
Being distracted from work for a certain period is very important - it helps to restore the resources of your body.
What is the main resource of your business? Not your employees or even money. It's you. So give yourself a rest, because if you run out of inspiration and desire, everything will fall apart.
You need to immediately determine what you want, where you command and from whom you demand submission in order to bring your actions and words into line.
A lot of misunderstandings originate in incorrect communication. You may not say something clearly and accurately enough for fear of hurting someone's feelings — a relative or an employee.
But there is no other way with business. You must express your thoughts clearly and accurately, without reservations and vague, vague requirements.
If you constantly have misunderstandings with customers and employees, you may not be able to express your thoughts clearly. It's easy to check with family or friends.
Try a simple game — you tell something, and the person you train with listens and retells in his own words.
If he understood what you were talking about the first time, everything is fine. If he has given your words his meaning, it is worth practicing in expressing your thoughts. Simplify them, make them more concise and precise.
Never end a difficult conversation until you come to an exact agreement so that each participant draws the right conclusions.
If you always bring negotiations to the logical end, when everything is clear to everyone, no one will commit random actions based on the fact that "he understood it that way."
Words have great power, and you need to be sure that what you say corresponds to what you believe and strive for.
After all, it is much more difficult to take back your words and try to change your position than to immediately declare a decision and stand your ground.
If you learn to always say what you mean, your relationships, both in business and in your personal life, will improve. The quality of communication will increase, and misunderstanding will become a rare accident.
The way you do one thing reflects the way you do everything else, so it's worth practicing putting things in order. Yes, clarity and order in words are very important, but order in the house, in thoughts and even on the desktop is no less important.
And it doesn't take much time. To maintain order, it is enough to spend just a few minutes to clean up after yourself and organize your workspace.
If you maintain order, you won't need to move a mountain of things from place to place to find something important or not.
This saves a lot of time, and time is one of the most valuable resources of an entrepreneur.
