85 Leadership expert Zoe Routh talks about the elusive work-life balance

We've gone from work-life balance to work-life blending. What happens when that blending turns to work-life bleeding? Have we blurred the lines so much that we never get a break? Can we really live the dream of working in holiday locations? My insights on how to best run work-life experiments, and the incredible value of Deep Play. The big realisation when it comes to work-life experiments: it's not a holiday. And what to do about that. What's at the intersections of deep work, deep rest, and deep play that we can apply to all aspects of our life and work. My specific routines to manage transitions between work-life segments. 👉🏼 Want to share your experience? Ask a question? Share a resource? Jump on our podcast Facebook page here. *** SHOWNOTES: www.zoerouth.com/podcast/worklifeexperiment Cal Newport's book, Deep Work, is a great handbook for how we can do the work that matters, better. It's all about creating focused time to do the thinking and reflecting and creating we need to move our work forward in transformational ways.  Arianna Huffington's book, Thrive, marked a global wake-up call about overworking leading to work dominance at the expense of our health. Her book is a call to arms against self-sacrifice for the sake of work. Plenty of self management and relaxation tools in the book too.  *** Related Episodes: Thought Nugget 4: What Game Are You Playing? E83 - How to Create and Experience Boundless Energy E46 - There's More to Listening Than Hearing - A Marvellous Interview with Oscar Trimboli *** About your podcast host, Zoë Routh: Zoë Routh is one of Australia's leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical. Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact,  Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted stuff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership. People Stuff was awarded Book of the Year 2020 by the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards. Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast. www.zoerouth.com