Win at Work and Succeed at Life

Description Great leaders are driven to win. Yet career wins can come at great cost to your health, relationships, and personal well-being. Why does it seem impossible to both win at work and succeed at life? Michael Hyatt and Megan Hyatt Miller know we can do better because he's seen it in his more than four decades as a successful executive and a loving and present husband and father. Today Michael and his daughter, Megan Hyatt Miller, coach leaders to live the double win. Backed by scholarly research from organizational science and psychology, and illustrated with eye-opening case studies from across the business spectrum and their own coaching clients, Win at Work and Succeed at Life is their manifesto on how you can achieve work-life balance and restore your sanity. With clarity, humor, and plenty of motivation, Win at Work and Succeed at Life gives you - an understanding of the historical and cultural forces that have led to overworking - 5 principles to rethink work and productivity from the ground up - simple but proven practices that enable you to slow down and reclaim your life - and more Refuse the false choice of career versus family. You can achieve the double win in life. __________ You don’t work in a vacuum; when you arrive at the office, you bring the rest of your life with you. And if that life is in disarray, then sooner or later, your career will be, too. To build sustainable success, you need to look after yourself and your relationships, carve out leisure time, and learn to put limits on your professional life so that it doesn’t become your whole life. You can’t always measure what matters. High achievers love to compare their performance to other people’s, to see how they measure up. This being said, some of the most meaningful things you can do simply can’t be measured. There are no performance metrics for enjoying a hobby, or loving your children, or sitting with friends and savoring a bottle of wine. In fact, these activities won’t lead to achievement at all. But even so, they’re incredibly important. So the next time you wonder how you can spend the day “winning,” ask yourself how you might spend the day meaningfully, instead. ________ Be more by doing less. Has work taken over your life? Do you struggle to remember the last time you mentally checked out of the office or had a good night’s sleep? If this sounds familiar, then you’re overworking – and damaging your life and your career in the process. That’s where this book come in. You’ll discover the dangers of working long hours and explore the hidden costs to your health, family, and productivity. You’ll also discover how you can reclaim your personal life and set yourself up to win at the office and at home. From sleep to marriage to vacations, these blinks reveal the pleasures and benefits of leading a truly balanced life. In this book, you’ll learn • why working long hours is counterproductive; • the power of a wandering mind; and • how to reclaim your sleep.