7 Secrets to Work-Life Sanity

Secret #1 is Know What You Want

Be clear about who and what's important to you. Then make choices to support your decision. If you don't know what You want, there will always be someone who will try to determine it for you.

Secret #2 is Say "No" Without Apology

When you're saying "no" to what you don't want you're saying "yes" to what you do want. Saying no doesn't mean you're being mean or hurting someone else. It means you're taking care of yourself and, often, those you most care about. That's something we should never apologize for!

Secret #3 is Focus on What's Going Right

Focusing your attention on those things that are working and helping you feel good about yourself gives you the necessary self-esteem and staying power for dealing with difficult situations and creating sanity.

Secret #4 is Stay Away From Whiners

Life is too short and requires too much of us to be spending lots of time with people or in situations that don't cheer us on to the best we can be and go for our dreams.

Secret #5 is Get Someone Else to Do It

You really don't have to do it all! Get someone to do the things in your life that really can be done by someone else.

Secret #6 is Take Care of You and You and You

Take care of all of you - the physical you, the emotional you, the mental you, the social you, and the spiritual you. Taking care of yourself gives you staying power. You're not only worth it; you are the only you you've got.

Secret #7 is Be Serious About Not Being So Serious

Don't miss the fun along the way. Be playful! Laugh as much as possible and find the humor that's begging to be discovered. The demands of your fast, full life temporarily melt away.

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