6 Steps to Change It All

Is the way you’re living and working right now taking a toll on your health and mental well-being?

In this blog post, How executives, managers, and professionals can face work challenges for personal happiness and organizational success.

Many people are challenged by their work commitments, leading to poor self-care and little opportunity to reflect on the broader issues in life. This situation leads to physical issues, psychological struggles, and conflict at work and home. They feel disconnected and unhappy and hold painful regrets about the way they spend time.

These situations affect the health of the individual, the family, and the organization. Individuals can suffer physically, emotionally, and financially. This can become a spiral of despair with individuals feeling trapped and helpless.

A better way of life is to be clear about your purpose and calling so that you can confidently achieve your personal and professional goals.

Hopefully you enjoy the work you do and are good at it. You are making a positive impact on all the people you interact with. You are healthy and fit. You are a lifelong learner and continue to set high goals. You are much loved by your family and friends, and you feel at peace.

But it’s difficult, because even the most talented executives and managers like you are bogged down with constant stress, increasing targets, and constant challenges.

Perhaps your spouse and family are asking for more of your time. You have little time for yourself and have been missing out on exercise and proper nutrition. You lack optimal time management and self-discipline to prioritize yourself over other competing needs. The burden of your responsibilities are too heavy to bear alone.

If you want to change things, you need to take a step back to reflect, focus on the challenge facing you, and follow through on goals.

Here are six steps to changing your life for the better:

1. Re-assess your most important goals. What do you really want in life?
2. Re-evaluate what’s important to you in your life.
3. Develop a time management strategy to prioritize your short-, medium-, and long-term goals.
4. Institute a strict approach to self-discipline for your physical and mental health.
5. Change your habits to incorporate a fitness program, improved nutrition, and immediate, achievable goals.
6. Look at the results — you will start to see positive change and navigate your challenges more intentionally towards a breakthrough!

Dr. David Ballinger, the founder of The Leadership Coach, helps business leaders, executives, managers, and others who are challenged and struggling with their careers and organizations.

I provide one-on-one and shadow coaching to help valued clients eliminate the stress of rapid change, individual and group conflict, ineffective communication, and poor organizational effectiveness.

I aim to maximize your personal health, professional growth, and organizational successes. Through leadership coaching, I can help individuals and groups maximize their performance and potential toward realizing their highest goals.