The Life Balance Mindset

Episode #330 with Dr. Tito Norris

No one on their deathbed says to themselves, ‘I really wish I would've worked more.’ In fact, most people regret working too much, not cultivating relationships, and not letting themselves be happier. And to help you avoid some of these potential regrets, Kirk Behrendt brings in Dr. Tito Norris to share how he achieved his work-life balance mindset. If you want to know how you can have a life and still have a thriving business, listen to Episode 330 of The Best Practices Show!

Main Takeaways:

Before caring for others, you've got to care for yourself.

Care for yourself physically, emotionally, and mentally.

Being a workaholic is not sustainable for your health or well-being.

You can actually become more efficient while working less!

Take that vacation — your team needs a break from you!

Plan your vacations in advance and set it in stone.

Have systems in place. It could save you thousands of future hours!

Overvalue your time. Find the balance between work, family, and yourself.

Quotes:

“When you're lying in your deathbed, no one has ever said, ‘Gosh, I wish I would've worked more.’ Right? It’s quite the opposite. What people say is, ‘I wish I would've taken time to cultivate that relationship with my children and my spouse,’ whoever it might be. When I look at achievements in my life, those are the things I'm most proud of, is the fact that I've got a healthy relationship with my wife and children.” (04:35—05:07)

“Before I can take care of anyone else, I've really got to take care of myself. So, what does that mean? That means that I've got to put the right kind of fuel in my body. I've got to eat mindfully, eat nutritious things. And that's different things for different people, but we all know what we should and shouldn't be eating, and should and shouldn't be drinking, for that matter. And you've just got to start there, with fuel for your body.” (07:55—08:23)

“Find something that you love and take care of yourself physically, as well as emotionally and mentally, whether that's yoga, or meditation, counseling for mental health. All those factors are part of life balance.” (09:19—09:37)

“We just can't be workaholics these days. We've got to find that balance between being efficient at work, creating excellence at work, and finding that family time and taking that time off to take those vacations.” (09:39—09:57)

“I started my practice from scratch. I hung my own shingle in 1998. And probably for the first five years, I had two really young children, and I was trying desperately to grow my practice, and I was just burning the candle at both ends, just working my patootie off day in, day out, late nights, early mornings. And I had not taken time for myself. I was starting to get out of shape. And it wasn't doing well for my marriage, and there was a lot more stress there than there should've been. And I can't think of the actual cathartic moment or watershed moment where things changed, but I knew that I had to do something differently.” (10:59—11:50)

“I started prioritizing time off and scheduling that time off. And simply visualizing that time off and actually scheduling that time off in advance, like a year in advance, that actually forced me to take it off and actually forced me to close down the practice for those periods of time. And “close the practice,” those are like, three dirty words. But amazing things happen when you close the practice.” (12:05—12:35)

“We became so much more efficient when I started working less. When we started working fewer days, we actually skyrocketed. It’s so counterintuitive, but it’s so true.” (12:59—13:13)

“The key is to hire amazing people and to empower them to make great decisions, and to coach them.”...