Field Guide to Balancing Work and Family Life
(Updated March 2006)
Real estate can be a 24/7 job. Learn how to balance work and family life, set up boundaries between work and home, and reconnect with your family. You'll also find out how working less can lead to greater productivity and much more. (Victoria Broady, Information Specialist)
Contents:
Work Life | Family Life | eBooks & Other Resources
A Supervisors Guide for Balancing Work and Family Life
Use a daily organizer.
Get to work early.
Do not bring your work home with you.
Go home at a set time.
Prepare assistants to take over when you are away.
If overwhelmed, seek employee assistance services.
Be ready for family emergencies at work.
Always be a professional at work.
Block work-life out at home.
Minimize working on weekends.
Source: Keeping your Life Organized , (SuperVision, Jan. 2005). Q
Work Life
Working towards life quality, (Canadian HR Reporter, Jan. 16, 2006). Q
Buisness Resolutions for 2006, (Credit Union Magazine, Jan. 2006). Q
When Are You Coming Home?, (Cost Engineering, Dec. 2005). Q
For Gen Xers, Its Work to Live, (Wall Street Journal, Nov. 29, 2005). Q
Balancing Act: What Life Coaches Can Teach You, (REALTOR® Magazine, Sept. 2005).
Why "Balance" is B.S., (Chief Executive, Aug./Sept. 2005). Q
Setting Limits: The Profitable Way to say No, (REALTOR® Magazine, May 2005).
Juggling Act: 8 Ways to Balance Your Work and Family Life, (REALTOR® Magazine, May 2005).
The List Issue 2005: Work-Life, (REALTOR® Magazine, Mar. 2005).
Learning From Life, (T+D, Jan. 2006). Q
Life outside of the news room is important to career success, (The Quill, Dec. 2005). Q
Get a Life, (Fortune, Nov. 28, 2005). Q
Tragedies call for time to put life in balance, (The Quill, Oct./Nov. 2005). Q
The Overworked, Networked Family, (Business Week, Oct. 3, 2005). Q
Say No to Overtime, (Industrial Management, Sept./Oct. 2005). Q
Its all in the Plan, (REALTOR® Magazine, Aug. 2005).
Enough is enough, (REALTOR® Magazine, Apr. 2005).
Balancing Your Home and Office Life, (Office Solutions, Mar./Apr. 2005). Q
Blocking off Time, (REALTOR® Magazine, Mar. 2005).
Master of The 3 P's, (REALTOR® Magazine, Mar. 2005).
eBooks & Other Resources
eBooks.realtor.org
The following ebooks and digital audiobooks are available to NAR members:
Beating the 24/7: How Business Leaders Achieve a Successful Work-Life Balance (Adobe eReader)
Harvard Business Review on Work and Life Balance (Adobe eReader)
The Myth of Work-Life Balance (Adobe eReader)
Simplify Your Work Life (Adobe eReader)
Scientific American: Balancing Work and Family (Adobe eReader)
Books, Videos, Research Reports & More
The resources below are available for loan through Information Central. Up to three books, tapes, CDs and/or DVDs can be borrowed for 30 days from the Library for a nominal fee of $10. Call Information Central at 800.874.6500 for assistance.
Familytime, (Chicago, IL: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®, 2004). DVD008
workingmoms.calm, (Mason, OH: Thomson South-Western, 2003). HQ 536 K38
Work to Live, (New York, NY: Berkley Publishing Group, 2003). HF 5438 R56
Conquering chaos at work, (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000). HF 5547.15 Sch2
The Work at home balancing act: the professional resource guide for managing yourself, your work, and your family at home, (New York, NY: Avon Books, 1998). HD 2331 A2
Balancing act, (CRS Residential Specialist, March/April 2004, p.30-33).
Zen and the art of real estate sales: how leading agents balance work, personal duties, (California Real Estate, June 2000, p. 32-34+).
Balance in your business: how to determine when enough is enough, (Communique, May/June 2000, p. 12-13).
Murphy's law: you must balance professional with personal life, (Real Estate Professional, Sept. 1995, p. 40-42).
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