The Work-Life Balance Myth: Rethinking Your Optimal Balance for Success

An empowering guide that will show you how to shed the myth of the work-life balance by merging the seven key components that make up your life to attain harmony and whole-life success

All of us have Seven Slices in our lives: our Family Slice, our Professional Slice, our Personal Slice, our Physical Slice, our Intellectual Slice, our Emotional Slice, and our Spiritual Slice. These all need to be served in some fashionand in serving them, they, in turn, serve us.

this relatively simple but profoundly critical concept is at the heart of the method executive coach david mcneff has used to transform the lives and careers of his clients. it begins with two important facts: 1) stress happensyou cant avoid it; and 2) your existence is composed of far more than work and life. 

too often, we divide our lives into those two general categories, but were all a lot more complex and our lives are richer than that. by being clear and mindful of all aspects of your lifethe seven slicesyoull be more likely to find inner harmony when stress impacts one of them. in The Work-Life Balance Myth, McNeff takes you on a deep dive into each of the Seven Slices, explaining the components of each Slice, signs that you may not be attending to each Slice in a healthy way, and hands-on methods for accessing an underserved Slice.

The Work-Life Balance Myth wont make your life perfectno one can do that, and you shouldnt trust anyone who makes that promise. What this book will do is provide you with proven new ways of framing your life, seeing stress for what it is, and vastly improving your ability to navigate the emotional challenges that will inevitably arise in a way that serves your Seven Slices.