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Work-life balance is failing at your own project if you focus only on work and not on family. Planning out daily work and weekly schedules creates clarity and capacity to focus. Mr. Decker built a deck on the trailer with roof, lights, and microwave so workers could feel at home. He bought a grill for trade appreciation lunches and Friday luncheons, creating community on the job site.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• Balance creates clarity: mapping out daily work plan and weekly schedule, blocking time to pick up kids at four o'clock
• Problem solving must be stable: like emergency response plan, dispatch people, maintain checklist, do not run around
• Military insight: soldiers could march 50 percent longer with 10 minute breaks every hour, breaks increase productivity
• Mr. Decker's environment: deck on trailer with roof and lights, microwave, water, grill for Friday trade appreciation lunches
• Goodwill creates productivity: field guys eventually organized and cooked lunch themselves showing gratitude back to office team

The military found that soldiers could march 50 percent longer with 10 minute breaks every hour, and when workers get really good breaks in comfortable respectful environments they are going to be able to do so much more.

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