Work/Life Balance with Sharon Wilson

The Spiritually Persistent Entrepreneur Podcast

It’s my anniversary, 20+ years this month, and it really just spurred to me to talk a little bit about work/life balance and what I’ve learned in that time in having a business for over 24 years now.

The whole concept of work/life balance can be challenging for anyone. I like to refer to business owners as spiritually persistent entrepreneurs, you know, it is really about persistence, and especially as women, we are going to have things come up, and we have to manage it all at the same time. Dr. Oz calls women the Chief Family Officer, CFO.

So, if you’re a woman with a business or you’re working outside the home, I’m not sure why, but most often, in my experience, the woman is still kind of the catalyst, the coordinator of various things. And so, when you have this whole idea you have your own business, so you really feel that you need to be there for your business, absolutely, but there’s also this kind of Chief Family Officer idea.

Early on, I came to the real conclusion that one of the reasons I wanted to have a business is so that I could have some flexibility, that if I needed to do something during the day that I really had an opportunity to do that. And one of the things I am so grateful for is I attract amazing clients and colleagues that really understand that, as a woman having a business and having a family and having things happen, we have to have flexibility.

I just really want to encourage you to be okay with the idea that at times you will need to be a little bit flexible in your business with clients, team members, and yourself. I am transparent from the start, I tell all my podcast guests, because we record things in an audio way, I always tell them “Listen, if something comes up in your life, just email me or text me. It’s 30-45 minutes of my life and I just really want to be supportive for you and I understand that things can happen and rather we can reschedule for a better time.”

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