Creating Work, Life & Family Balance

In this episode, Catherine shares her experience of having 2 children under 2 and running multiple businesses. Many entrepreneurs are in this position and Catherine has put together practical advice that can be implemented immediately for anyone seeking a work, life and family balance. The focus is on really thinking about your ‘why’, time restraints and gaining balance. Entrepreneurs stop being employees in order to achieve a better balance so listen in and find out how to move closer to yours.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Getting the balance right is important whatever position you are in and these tips will ensure you are creating the necessary balance between your business, family and personal life. Aim to keep  business and family time separate Be present when you are with family and make sure you are not distracted. It's important that when you are with your family they are the centre of your focus. Time does fly Time goes quickly and it is precious. Remember to enjoy the journey and process along the way. Have you and your partner play to your strengths and divide the roles Make sure you are playing to your strengths and bring in others to both enhance your strengths and help in areas within the business where you are less skilled. Take all the help that is offered Just say yes, there are many reasons why you might say no – pride, thinking you can do it all. If you are offered help in the form of a mentor, childcare or time then say yes and remember to ask  for help when you need it. Remember your ‘why’ Why are you building a business? Why are you doing what you are doing every day? It's important to enjoy the journey and the process but remember to switch off. If it's about living a leveraged lifestyle, having time with your children and living the life that you want it’s important to remember that’s your ‘why’ No one has got this stuff 100% sorted out Whether it's running a business, raising a family or all of the above, no one has it all figured out go with the flow do what you need to do now,  tomorrow is another day. It’s all about leverage Leverage as much as you can. Whatever the area, at work or at home you can get jobs completed by someone else and use technology to make tasks quicker and more efficient. It’s all about separating time and creating the balance, you are your business owner and you get to choose.   BEST MOMENTS ‘I'm daring myself to get out there more and share the insights and my experience of running a business’ ‘Being a parent in its self is a huge achievement so be kind to yourself  on the journey because It's too easy to berate ourselves for the things we didn’t get done’ ‘You got out of being an employee for a reason’ ‘It will be difficult but remember your ‘why’ everyday’   VALUABLE RESOURCES The Leveraged Lifestyle Podcast Leveraged Lifestyle Community: bit.ly/llocfbgroup www.theviva.club LLOM - Life Leverage Online Masterclass bit.ly/ctfbgroup https://www.turnerinvest.co.uk/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGS2wM9QEqg Ideal Media: www.ideal-collective.com/socialagency Women Building Wealth Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/993747404052781/     ABOUT THE HOST Catherine Turner Catherine is an iTunes No.1 podcast host of Leveraged Lifestyle, entrepreneur, businesswoman, an Inspirational Speaker, world record holder, Co-Director of Ideal-Collective.com and a mum of 2! Catherine quit being an employee in 2013, after working more than 50+ hours on average a week, over 3 jobs. Jobs, hours and a lifestyle which led to a diagnosis of clinical depression before the age of 25. In 2011/12 Catherine discovered the power of investing in property, and tried many different property investment strategies over the years, finally settling on Serviced Accommodation in 2015, which has now grown from one unit in her home town of Chelmsford, Essex to over 50 across the UK, helping investors, landlords and developers create a better return on their money or property. This year, Catherine and her husband Stephen, also her business partner, joined forces with the Directors of LoLite Homes to create the Ideal-Collective.com, which is all about leveraging the services and knowledge of all four Directors when it comes to Serviced Accommodation, Social Media, Finance & Virtual Assistants. Catherine started Leveraged Lifestyle podcast to give business owners and those not leading their ideal lifestyle, to learn the mindset and skill set it takes to create a lifestyle of Freedom, by leveraging time, money & knowledge and using outsourcing and systemisation.   CONTACT METHOD http://www.ideal-collective.com www.instagram.com/catherineannt www.facebook.com/catherineturnerspeaker www.linkedin.com/in/catherineturnerspeaker Elevate your Self, Wealth & Health, inspirational, mindset, lifestyle, experts, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, woman, public speaking, healthy, body, mind, soul, spiritual, energy, self, worth, development, help, passive income, success: https://www.instagram.com/catherineannt/