508: The Downside of Work Life Balance by James Clear

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Education, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 2 May 2017

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

James Clear is an author and photographer. He writes about behavioral psychology, habit formation, and performance improvement. His work has been covered by dozens of major media outlets including CBS, Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes, TIME Magazine, and more. He studies successful people across a wide range of disciplines--entrepreneurs, artists, athletes, and more--to uncover the habits and routines that make these people the best at what they do. Then, he shares what he learns in his popular email newsletter. Episode 508: The Downside of Work Life Balance by James Clear (Career Advice & Lifestyle Design). The original post is located here: http://jamesclear.com/four-burners-theory Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 508, the downside of work-life balance by JamesClear
0:06.2	of JamesClear.com and I'm Justin Mollek.
0:08.8	Happy Tuesday and welcome back to Optimal Living Daily.
0:11.1	This is where I read to you from popular blogs to help you optimize your life.
0:15.4	And that's every day, all free of course.
0:17.8	And today's post comes from JamesClear.
0:19.9	It's a great one as usual.
0:21.7	What I love about his post is that they're often science-based, but it doesn't write in
0:25.4	a very scientific manner.
0:26.7	It's really easy to understand and digest and I always have a takeaway.
0:30.6	I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
0:32.6	So it keeps this intro nice and short for you.
0:34.4	Let's hear today's post as we optimize your life.
0:41.8	The downside of work-life balance by JamesClear of JamesClear.com
0:47.8	One way to think about work-life balance issues is with a concept known as the Four Burners
0:52.5	Theory.
0:53.5	Here's how I was first explained to me.
0:55.8	Imagine that your life is represented by a stove with four burners on it.
0:59.7	Each burner symbolizes one major quadrant of your life.
1:03.8	The first burner represents your family.
1:06.0	The second burner is your friends.
1:08.2	The third burner is your health.
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