Achieving life balance

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

There are no prerequisites for this course.

The tips in this course will show you how to take charge, set goals, and rewrite your life script in order to change the patterns that may be keeping you from living a better life.

Part 1: What Is Balance for You?

Defining Life Balance
Identifying How You Spend Your Time
Charting Your Life Balance
Chart Your Ideal Life Balance
Assessing Your Values
Aligning Your Life with Your Values
Are You Living in Line with Your Values?
Scrutinizing Your Schedule

Part 2: Setting Goals and Action Plans

Understanding Goal Setting
Writing Goals Using the SMARTS Criteria
Setting Goals to Fulfill Your Values
Defining Action Steps for Achieving Your Goals
Brainstorming for Action Steps
Other Ideas for Developing Action Steps
Developing an Action Plan

Part 3: Managing Your Self

Understanding "Life Script"
Uncovering Your Own Life Script
Discovering Psychological Drivers
Defining the Five Drivers
Analyzing the Drivers' Negative Impact
Observing How Drivers Affect Life Balance
Reprogramming Your Drivers
Rethinking Your Underlying Messages
Installing Your "Allower" Messages

Part 4: Managing Your Time

Setting Priorities According to Your Values
Making Effective Use of To-Do Lists
Handling Paperwork and E-Mail Efficiently
Keeping a Time Log

Part 5: Managing Your Relationships

Evaluating Your Relationships

Understanding the Skill of Assertiveness
Increasing Your Assertiveness
Communicating Assertively
Balancing Relationships Through Contracts
Maintaining Assertiveness While Negotiating
Responding to Others
Using Active Listening

Appendix

Following Through with What You Have Learned

Infero Training Ltd is based in the Lace Market in Nottingham. Training courses take place at the following locations including Nottingham, Derby, Loughborough, Mansfield, Chesterfield, Burton-on-Trent, Lincoln, Leicester, Sheffield, Stoke-on-Trent, Tamworth, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Birmingham, Solihul, Coventry, Nuneaton, Peterborough, Grantham.