Work-Life balance is a current hot-topic on a lot of forums and in a lot of organisations, but what does it mean? The work bit may be self-expalanatory but life? How do you know if you’ve got that right?

Ask yourself a question: what are the things you treasure most in your life? Take a little time to think and write the down.

As a checklist, make sure you cover each of the following ten areas:

1. spiritual,
2. mental,
3. emotional,
4. physical,
5. personal growth,
6. work,
7. financial,
8. family,
9. relationships,
10. hobbies/relaxation.

True work-life balance means that you meet all of your needs in each of those areas. How did you score? Don’t think you have to get it allw ritten down at once; it took me several days to think through all of the areas.

Let me know how you get on – good luck!

Sometimes, it can be very easy to get bogged down in the minutia, the small stuff, and to lose sight of what’s really important to us. This can lead to us losing focus, friends and even important relationships. It’s especially easy to do so in the world of social media and networking – there are so many articles to read, so many blogs to visit, so many people to Tweet that we can all too easily fall into the trap of letting our 0n-line relationships replace our human contact!

Add to the mix the seductive lure of being a ‘player’, or perceiving ourselves to be one in whatever is our niche, and it becomes even easier to lose sight of what’s important.

To check whether you are on that slippery slope, ask yourself the following

1.What do you want to achieve with your life?

2. What does true success mean to you?

3. What is the most valuable thing in your life that money cannot buy?

4. What are your 3 most important tips for enduring health?

5. What do you believe is your life’s purpose?

6. If you knew that the world was going to end tomorrow, what would you do today?

7. What are  the 3 biggest mistakes that you have made in your life?

8. What are the main lessons that you have learned from your answers to question 7?

9. Where/with whom do you find comfort during difficult times?

10. Who are the most important people in your life? What do you do to maintain and build your relationship with each one?

and a bonus question! What is the biggest unsolved relationship problem in your life right now and what are you doing to solve it?