In today’s business world time is the single most valuable asset we have as a company and as an individual. I heard recently that there are actually only 2000 hours a year of pay time to make the sales and profit your company needs to make to meet its obligations and to ensure you get paid. Now that seems to be not enough hours or more than enough hours depending on how you look at it. I think it is not enough. More on that later.

If you are truly an entrepreneur then you know that you just might work 4000 hours to ensure the 2000 hours return the most revenue and profit possible. But at what cost? The cost is more than just the physical and emotional drain it has on your entire body, it is found in relationships that struggle or fail because “all you do is work!” I have heard that for many years. Getting balance in your life is the key to many things that will make you happy and let you live your idea life. I heard that you are not stressed because you are doing too much, you’re stressed because you are doing too little of what makes you feel the most alive. Here lies the key in my opinion.

Do what makes you feel the most alive in the work you do and the rest will take care of itself. You will figure out how to make that elusive work-life balance actually work. But can we ever have a truly balanced life? To get as close to balanced as possible I suggest you read to get as close to a balanced life as possible.