Work-Life Agility

"A Guide to Sustainable High-Performance, Optimal Health and Vitality at Work and Life."

Johnathon Herrington

• Publisher: Project-Fit
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9780648856412
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Mental Health & Wellbeing

Is burnout nipping at your heels in our fast-pasted business environment?

Is life suffering from your drive for success?

Do your career goals seem to be getting harder to reach?

Or less satisfying when you do reach them?

Work-Life Agility reveals if for yourself.

This book shows you how to:

• do work that matters to you
• reach your wellbeing goals more easily
• use smart eating strategies for greater physical and mental energy
• create your own achievable exercise plan
• recover faster from day-to-day stress
• boost your mental performance with healthy physical habits
• greater health, happiness, and success - here are the tools.

Chapter 1: Living on purpose

Are you one of those fortunate people who wake up each day with a sense of purpose? If so, you’re no doubt enjoying a high level of wellbeing and performance. Purpose is one of the most powerful motivators in life.

However, many of us have been too busy to clarify our own purpose lately. It’s easy to lose sight of what matters when we’re constantly responding to multiple competing pressures. If that’s you, you’re not alone.

What is purpose and why does it matter?

Having a strong sense of purpose means accomplishing something important to you while living in alignment with your values and using your favourite strengths and skills. When you have purpose in your work, it gets rid of the tension between ‘work’ and ‘life’. Instead of being separate, work should be a vital and fulfilling part of life.

Alignment between your individual purpose and how you actually spend your time is a powerful contributor to wellbeing. Living in conflict with what matters can be associated with stress, depression and poor health.

Interestingly, having a clear sense of purpose might also be good for your financial health. Research conducted over nine years and published in 2016 found that among the 7,000 participants, those with a higher sense of purpose had a higher income and net worth. They were also more likely to increase their income and net worth over the following years.

It makes sense that knowing your purpose changes your life. Deep down, we all have a fundamental drive to find meaning in your life. Happily, once you know what it is, your sense of purpose becomes much easier to fulfill.

Using your core values to make confident decisions

Let’s start with your core values. Are you clear on what you most want in your own life? Do you use those values to guide your daily decisions? Living in alignment with your values becomes infinitely easier once you’ve spelt out what they are.

When you know what matters most, you have a roadmap to help you choose between competing priorities. For example, imagine a relative recently passed, leaving you $10,000. The instructions are for you enjoy it immediately. It’s fantastic news becau...

Table of contents

• Title page
• Imprint page
• Contents
• Introduction to Work–life Agility
• Chapter 1: Living on purpose
• Chapter 2: The mindset that makes habit change easier
• Chapter 3: Eating well for work–life agility
• Chapter 4: Physical movement for mental performance
• Chapter 5: Recovery and resilience
• Chapter 6: Healthy working relationships
• Chapter 7: The antidote to prolonged sitting
• Chapter 8: Health checks at every age
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgements
• The Author
• Disclaimer