Busy...Busy...Busy...No time for life's pleasures? Here are some tips to help balance your life!

1. Creating a Blueprint for
Optimum Work-life Balance
Tangela M. Davis, MBA
Leadership Expert, Professional Speaker, Author, Coach

2. “When you work, work, and when
you play, play. Don’t get the two
mixed up!”
--Tangela Davis, Leadership Expert,
Professional Speaker, Coach, Author

3. Sound Familiar?
 Early riser
 Skip lunch
 Desire to spend time with family
 End up working later until the wee hours

4. Imagine
 Having a business
 Taking annual vacations (six weeks)
 Developing strong rituals
 Doing a great job
 Saving and investing
 Hiring a first class assistant
 Planning personal and family goals 1st of the year
 Long weekends away with a mastermind group

5. “Do you enjoy a healthy, well-
balanced lifestyle, doing work that
you love, and that gives you an
excellent financial return and
allows you to have significant time
off to pursue your other interest?”

6. If you answered NO…
 Incorporate the B-ALERT System (The Power of
Focus by Jack Canfield)
 Alert – “At the ready, mindful, using intelligence, on
guard, conscious, and prepared
 Image the opposite of alert
 Mindless, unprepared, unconscious, off-guard and
stupid!
 Which would you like to be?

7. “Every well-built house started
with a definite plan in the form of
blueprints.”
--Napoleon Hill

8. B - Blueprint
 Prepare for your day
 Map your day
 Do this nightly or early morning
 Set time limits on appointments
 Create a simple blueprint recording system

9. “The one thing that separates
winners from losers is, winners
take action!”
--Anthony Robbins

10. A - Action
 Action will determine your score
 Take specific, well-planned action
 Focus on activities that produce the greatest
results
 Set limits on what you will and will not do
 Delegate

11. “There are essentially two things
that will make you wiser – the
books you read and the people
you meet.”
--Charles “Tremendous” Jones

12. L - Learning
 Expand your knowledge
 Read 20-30 minutes in the morning
 No negative reading or listening
 Use AudioCDs while in the car
 Observe other people
 Invite a successful person out to lunch monthly
 Ask questions

13. “Having all the money in the world
isn’t much good if you can hardly
get out of bed in the morning to
enjoy it.”
--Author Unknown

14. E - Exercise
 Do you want to be rich in health?
 Daily 20-45 minute exercise (hint: Walking)
 Make it a study
 Optimize the vehicle you have been given

15. “Oh, to be free from the stifling
pressures of life – to rest, a
peaceful slumber that will
rejuvenate my soul.”
--Les Hewitt

16. R - Relax
 Recharge your batteries
 Take a TPM (twenty-five peaceful minutes)
 Consider when you arrive home from the office
 Take a day and call it fun-time
 No business related time during fun-time

17. “If you realized how powerful your
thoughts are, you would never
think a negative thought.”
--Peace Pilgrim

18. T - Think
 Schedule time for reflective thinking
 Take a mental snapshot of your day
 Regard as a mini-movie with you as the star
 How did you do
 Focus on progress
 Learn from mistakes

19. A Clear Blueprint helps you to…
 Stay focus on important activities
 Maximize energy and clarity
 Schedule exercise and reflective thinking
 Have time off for fun

20. Remember…
Excellent balance will greatly
enrich your mind, body and spirit,
not to mention your relationships
and bank account!

21. About the Presenter
Tangela M. Davis is a leadership expert, coach and author of the
increasing demand for the book, If I Knew Then What I Know Now: An
Entrepreneur’s Guide to Avoiding Costly and Dumb Business
Mistakes. Tangela has launched numerous leadership programs,
coaching executives and leaders for the last 20 years in the
government, corporate and small business marketplace.
Having been involved in many mergers and acquisitions, she is an
industry expert on change leadership. Always passionate and eager
to share her knowledge and experience, Tangela is available for
Conference Keynotes, Break-out Sessions and Seminars.
T. 704-957-0620
E. tangela@tangelaspeaks.com
W. www.tangelaspeaks.com