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In this post, we share the 5-Questions (Our Accountability Frame) that can inspire and encourage accountability— one that works with human nature rather than against it. The Accountability Frame can be used when addressing someone 1:1, addressing a group (1:many), and working with ourselves more importantly.
Performance is a team sport. To maximize joy in what you do, you want to focus more on the activities you enjoy, the activities that you have a natural talent for, and minimize activities you aren't so good at. As such, you need to delegate activities to others— elicit their help! This doesn't mean you won't have to complete activities you don’t enjoy— there are activities that are natural necessities in life and work. The point is to focus most of your efforts and attention to the areas of your highest value.
By nature, life is about prioritizing activities that bring us the most fulfillment and de-prioritizing activities that bring us least fulfillment. However, there are often more things to be done than we can possibly do within a given frame of time. But time is just one aspect of the equation…
To think that work-life ‘balance’ exists for founders during the formative and growth stages of a company is an illusion— the operating contexts is demanding, and appropriately so. However, that does not mean:
Growing your startup needs to be net-negative to your wellbeing.
Caring for your wellbeing has to be time-consuming.
In this post, we share 9 simple activities we use to optimize our wellbeing without having to sacrifice large amounts of time. We have shared them with our professional networks informally— clients, colleagues, and partners. In codifying it in a post, we hope it inspires you to create your own rituals around wellbeing and happiness.
