As a successful entrepreneur, Misha Peleg is all too aware that high-pressure careers can spill into personal down time and negatively skew a work-life balance.
Peleg understands how important it is to set boundaries and find ways to separate work and free time. That’s why he uses his extensive business experience within the fast-paced and demanding corporate environment to help mentor managers across his businesses.
While the ongoing pandemic has made it difficult for many businesses to operate, the dynamics of isolation have made it possible for Misha to keep the communication lines open with the help of videoconferencing. And although Misha enjoys face-to-face contact, he has learned that coaching young workers online can be more efficient and allows him to extend help to those outside of his immediate geographic area.
Misha Peleg believes that professional success should not equal mental distress. His hope as a business mentor is to open the door to workarounds or coping mechanisms that he can share so that junior employees do not get discouraged.
Weekend meetings that eat into personal time, unreasonable work demands, and technology overloads can all detract from even the best of jobs. How someone deals with these situations can mean the difference between success and failure. Peleg’s advice is to maintain your work-life balance before it becomes too out of hand for you to continue working at your current organization.
To help maintain your work-life balance, think carefully about what you want from work and life and then weigh the benefits and disadvantages. There is no one-size-fits-all, Peleg says. The answer is different for everyone.
Here are some common examples of issues that can negatively affect your work-life balance:
1. Lack of control
Dealing with a work situation where others are in control, or you have to wait for a turn of events for things to change can be unnerving. However, it’s important to keep in mind that no amount of stress will help resolve issues of control. In these instances, Peleg’s advice is to go with the flow or learn to accept circumstances for what they are.
2. Unsupportive relationships at work
Colleagues who take credit for others’ work or undermine another employee’s credibility, or a chaotic workplace where no one helps are factors that can be hugely stressful. These situations can be very detrimental to your mental well-being, so make sure to review your job expectations and decide if they are realistic. If they are not, address it with you boss or HR department.
3. Limited skillsets
Not having the required skills to get a job done is extremely stressful. The answer, of course, is to acquire those skills. Be aware of your own professional weaknesses and take action to develop the missing skills either through independent education or assistance from someone else.
Misha Peleg knows that balancing a professional life with a personal life can be extremely frustrating. He also knows that it is essential. People have a tendency to push aside their own well-being to succeed at work. But Misha’s experience as a seasoned entrepreneur has proved that setting boundaries is the only way to establish workplace limits and still have time for your own well-being.
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