The Balancing Work-Life Change IQ Matrix explores how to free up more time for yourself to achieve a greater sense of balance in work and life. The mind map, specifically, looks at the idea of adapting your work routines to fit your lifestyle. It then breaks down how to work smarter rather than harder to achieve your career balance goals. And with every change, we want to make, there is always the chance that we will confront obstacles along the way. With that in mind, the map outlines how to predict and work through the numerous obstacles you may face along your journey. The map concludes by providing you with suggestions on how to maintain a work-life balance. Working through this map will help you achieve a higher level of work-life balance.
Here is a quick breakdown of each branch of the Balancing Work-Life Change mind map.
- Adapting Work Routines: The first branch of this map provides suggestions about how to adjust your work routines to meet your desired lifestyle better. To reach an adequate work-life balance, it’s always important to address your routines as early as possible. It’s a great place to start. There is, however, plenty more work to do.
- Working Smarter: The second branch of this map explores how working smarter and not harder can save you an ample amount of time. As you work smarter, this gives you the needed time and flexibility to work more productively. And with higher levels of productivity, you will find the time to focus your energy on other aspects of your life, which will promote greater work-life balance. Here, you are also presented with numerous self-reflection questions that will challenge you to work smarter throughout the day.
- Making Changes: The third branch of this map lists the obstacles you may face along your journey towards living a more balanced lifestyle. Here you are also presented with numerous self-reflection questions that will better prepare you for the changes you would like to make.
- Maintaining Balance: Once you’ve achieved work-life balance, your greatest challenge will be in maintaining this balance over the long-term. The last branch of this map outlines how to keep your work-life balance intact. Much of this comes down to your ability to stay focused on the right things. As such, you are presented with several self-reflection questions that will help you maintain your level of focus on what’s most important.
This map provides a roadmap and framework for making the changes you need to achieve work-life balance successfully. Referencing it regularly and committing it to memory will help you to embed these concepts and ideas into your subconscious mind.
A mind map, of course, does this beautifully because it mirrors the synaptic connections made in your brain as you try to establish new habits of thought and behavior. It brings together key concepts and ideas that help your brain to fully integrate and process this information. The brain, subsequently, rewires itself as it attempts to establish new habits of mind. It’s an ideal tool for creating lasting change and transformation.
Stick with these principles, memorize and incorporate them into your personal and professional life, and you will find that the process of work-life balance is easy to achieve with just a little bit of work and foresight.
When you purchase the Balancing Work-Life Change IQ Matrix you will receive:
- A PDF copy of the IQ Matrix, which you can use for printing in high resolution.
- A JPG image file of the IQ Matrix, which is ideal for viewing on tablets and mobile devices.
- A Desktop Background version of the map you can use for reference on your computer.
- A MindManager file for those who wish to edit the content of the IQ Matrix.
Additional visual resources and variations of this IQ Matrix might be added to your account page at no extra cost in the future.
