Achieving Life Balance (1st Edition), Student Edition

Achieving Life Balance (1st Edition)

Course Specifications

Course Number: CCT–034_rev0.0

Course Length: Self-study or Classroom Training

Course Description

The 50-Minute Manager Series was designed to cover critical business and professional development topics in the shortest time possible. Our easy-to-read, easy-to-understand format can be used for self-study or classroom training, or even office training. With a wealth of hands-on exercises, the 50-Minute books keep you engaged and help you retain critical skills.

Achieving life balance has become one of the hottest topics for self-improvement in today's hectic, fast-paced world. With constant demands pulling us in every direction, more and more of us are recognizing the need to reevaluate, reorganize, and reprioritize to live the life we want. Perhaps you are currently in this position. If so, ACHIEVING LIFE BALANCE is for you. The tips in this book will show you how to take charge, set goals, and rewrite your life script in order to change the patterns that may be keeping you from living a better life. Each lesson will help you reassess each area of your life and find ways to achieve better balance by looking at how you manage your self, your time, and your relationships.

Course Objective: The learning objectives for Achieving Life Balance are listed below. They have been developed to guide you, the reader, to the core issues covered in this book.

The objectives of this book are:

  • To explore the meaning of life balance and in what ways your own life may not be balanced the way you would like
  • To explain goal setting and creating action plans to meet your goals
  • To help you discover your psychological drivers and reprogram them for more positive results
  • To present strategies for managing your time according to your values
  • To demonstrate effective ways to manage your relationships with others

Course Content

Part 1: What Is Balance for You?

Defining Life Balance
Identifying How You Spend Your Time
Charting Your Life Balance
Chart Your Ideal Life Balance
Assessing Your Values
Aligning Your Life with Your Values
Are You Living in Line with Your Values?
Scrutinizing Your Schedule

Part 2: Setting Goals and Action Plans

Understanding Goal Setting
Writing Goals Using the SMARTS Criteria
Setting Goals to Fulfill Your Values
Defining Action Steps for Achieving Your Goals
Brainstorming for Action Steps
Other Ideas for Developing Action Steps
Developing an Action Plan

Part 3: Managing Your Self

Understanding "Life Script"
Uncovering Your Own Life Script
Discovering Psychological Drivers
Defining the Five Drivers
Analyzing the Drivers' Negative Impact
Observing How Drivers Affect Life Balance
Reprogramming Your Drivers
Rethinking Your Underlying Messages
Installing Your "Allower" Messages

Part 4: Managing Your Time

Setting Priorities According to Your Values
Making Effective Use of To-Do Lists
Handling Paperwork and E-Mail Efficiently
Keeping a Time Log

Part 5: Managing Your Relationships

Evaluating Your Relationships
Understanding the Skill of Assertiveness
Increasing Your Assertiveness
Communicating Assertively
Balancing Relationships Through Contracts
Maintaining Assertiveness While Negotiating
Responding to Others
Using Active Listening