Compass: Your Guide for Leadership Development and Coaching

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Balance

Make thoughtful decisions about how to invest your time.

You can’t control time, but you can control how you spend it. Unfortunately, in today’s helter-skelter business environment, that’s not easy to do. For example, a recent CCL study discovered that managers, executives, and other business people who carry smartphones for work report interacting with the office up to 13.5 hours every workday (Deal, 2015).

To attain a meaningful sense of balance, focus on looking within rather than measuring yourself against others or copying their tactics. It’s your personal solution that will result in the rejuvenating and invigorating results of ...