The document discusses focusing on well-being rather than work-life balance. It argues that balance does not work because it assumes an ideal equilibrium when allocating time. It also questions whether people want to think of their lives in terms of hours, like timesheets. Instead, the document suggests managing energy levels to create advantages and focusing on what energizes and drains you. It advocates identifying activities that fulfill multiple well-being areas and improving or removing non-fulfilling activities. The conclusion emphasizes building resilience through reservoirs of strength.

1. Forget About Work Life
Balance
Focus on Well-Being

2. Why “Balance” Doesn’t Work
It assumes we can achieve some kind of
ideal equilibrium by rearranging the
way we spend our time.

3. Why “Balance” Doesn’t Work
Do You Really Want to Spend Your
Life Like This?

4. Everyone Hates Time Sheets
They have their place for cost
accounting purposes . . . But they train
us to think of our lives in hours.

6. Time is fixed, energy is
not

7. Anyone can learn basic time
management tactics.

8. Learn to manage your energy
level and you’ll create a
competitive advantage
that is difficult to copy.

9. What tasks, activities, or people
energize me? What drains
me?
Wahoo!
We’re
going to
die!!!

10. The 45-Minute Article

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14. Get Strategic: ID Things that Fill
Multiple PERMA “buckets”
What’s something you do that hits
three or four at once?
 What’s something you do that does
not fill any of your buckets? Can you
better it, barter it, or bag it?
 What’s your “high octane” fuel? Those
activities that quickly recharge your
batteries?


15. The Dangers of P+A

16. A Quick Lesson in Plant
Biology
Nitrogen (N) – vegetative growth, this
is what turns your grass green
 Potassium (K) – among other things,
this is needed for fruit production
 What about the roots? Phosphorous
(P)
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17. Building Resilience: Reservoirs
of Strength

18. Resilience: The capacity
to bend without
breaking

19. What happens when
we focus only on
Positive Emotion and
Achievement?

20. What’s one thing that you will do
differently?

21. Contact Info
Dan Griffiths is the Director of Strategic
Planning at Tanner, a professional
services firm based in Salt Lake City.
He provides strategic and business
planning, business coaching, and
leadership development. Contact
Dan at: dgriffiths@tannerco.com
Or connect with him on LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/in/dangriffithscpa