Channel Eye
  • Channel Eye Carers
  • Channel Eye Careers
  • Channel Eye Careers
  • Channel Eye Carers
  • Channel Eye Careers
  • Business
    • Appointments
    • Data Protection
    • Digital & Technology
    • Environment
    • Features
    • Financial Services
    • Interviews & Profiles
    • Leadership
    • Legal & Professional Services
    • People
    • Property
    • Retail & Hospitality
    • Transport
    • Wellbeing at Work
  • Careers
  • Events
    • Events in Jersey
    • Events in Guernsey
    • Events in Isle of Man
    • Events in Alderney & Sark
    • Virtual events
    • All events
    • Past Events
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts & Culture
    • Charity & Community
    • Education
    • Food & Drink
    • Health & Wellbeing
    • Home
    • Leisure
    • Travel
  • Location
    • Jersey
    • Guernsey
    • Isle of Man
    • Alderney & Sark
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe
No Result
View All Result
Channel Eye
No Result
View All Result
  • Channel Eye Carers
  • Channel Eye Careers
  • Channel Eye Carers
  • Channel Eye Careers
Home Business Leadership

Ask the Business Coach: Does work-life balance really exist, or is it a false expectation?

December 8, 2021
in Business, Features, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Leadership
Share on LinkedInTwitterFacebookEmail

Channel Eye has joined forces with Royston Guest, leading Business Growth Coach and CEO/Founder of Pathways Global, in our column, ‘Ask the Business Coach’

Business Growth Pathways logo

Think for a moment about how many versions of you there are. There’s the personal you with family and friends, the professional you with colleagues and bosses, the you in a relationship, the you as a parent, as well as just you being you. Each version of you has to meet differing demands and expectations, each version of you dialled up or down as you and your life evolves.

The answer isn’t to become universally excellent at all of them, but to understand clearly which one requires the most attention at any given point.

The big three takeaways!

  1. Change language from work-life balance to work-life blend.
  2. Adjust each week or day to what needs your focus at that moment in time.
  3. Know what your high performing week looks like, personally and professionally.

Episode timestamps

  • [1.35] I don’t believe work-life balance exists, but if you change the language from work-life balance to work-life blend, that puts a different perspective on it.
  • [2.06] Life is a constant juggling act; to counteract this, you need to identify your high-performance weeks, including your non-negotiables, those things that you need to do no matter what.
  • [4.04] Blend is not about aiming for an equilibrium between your personal or professional life. It’s more of an adjustment each week, each day or even each hour to what needs your focus, time and priority at that moment in time.

Do you have a question for the Business Coach?

Send your questions to askthebusinesscoach@channeleye.media


Missed a previous episode? Catch-up and watch the series here.

ShareTweetShareSend

Royston Guest

Click here to see all of Royston's articles and here to find out more about Royston and Pathways Global

Related Stories

ATBC - Episode 108
Leadership

Ask the Business Coach: Are you suffering from growth addiction through acquisition?

May 14, 2025
Ask the Business Coach: What happens when the pace of change externally is faster than the pace of change internally?
Leadership

Ask the Business Coach: What happens when the pace of change externally is faster than the pace of change internally?

April 30, 2025
Ask the Business Coach: If you were designing a disruptive, super competitor to take your market by storm, what would they look like?
Leadership

Ask the Business Coach: If you were designing a disruptive, super competitor to take your market by storm, what would they look like?

April 16, 2025
Next Post
KPMG IoM Pulse survey

KPMG measures IoM business pulse with third survey now open for responses

Channel Eye subscribe
  • Channel Eye Careers
  • Channel Eye Careers
  • Channel Eye Careers
  • Channel Eye
  • List your event
  • Channel Eye Careers
  • Channel Eye Careers

Be the first to know​

Subscribe to the essential islands business news, direct to your inbox every morning​
  • Business
  • Careers
  • Events
  • Lifestyle
  • Subscribe
  • Advertise
  • Directory
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact

©2025 Channel Eye Limited.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

No Result
View All Result
  • Business
    • Appointments
    • Data Protection
    • Digital & Technology
    • Environment
    • Features
    • Financial Services
    • Interviews & Profiles
    • Leadership
    • Legal & Professional Services
    • People
    • Property
    • Retail & Hospitality
    • Transport
    • Wellbeing at Work
  • Careers
  • Events
    • Events in Jersey
    • Events in Guernsey
    • Events in Isle of Man
    • Events in Alderney & Sark
    • Virtual events
    • All Events
    • Past Events
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts & Culture
    • Charity & Community
    • Education
    • Food & Drink
    • Health & Wellbeing
    • Home
    • Leisure
    • Travel
  • Location
    • Jersey
    • Guernsey
    • Isle of Man
    • Alderney & Sark
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe
  • Contact

©2025 Channel Eye Limited.

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.