The Insider: Work/Life Balance

15 Top Perks of Entrepreneurship

From the freedom to define your own success to the ability to travel without getting the boss’s permission, 15 entreprneurs share their favorite part of being business owners.

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9 Low-Tech Ways to Manage Your Time More Wisely

You don’t need fancy software to get better about managing your time at work. You just need a good head on your shoulders — and a clearly defined set of priorities.

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13 Ways to Manage Your (Hectic) Schedule and Stay on Task

In a startup, there’s a lot of multitasking, a lot of changing priorities, and big pressure to execute quickly. How do you wear multiple hats and manage your time without dropping the ball?

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5 Steps to Achieve Career Success — Without “Selling Out”

You don’t have to sell out your values to have a career (or start a company) that’s successful. Erica Dhawan shares 5 insights from her own leadership coaching experiences.

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15 Tips to Do More Focused Work (Even When You’re On the Go)

Entrepreneurs spend a lot of time in potentially distracting places — co-working spaces, airports, buses, trains, conferences. How do you get real work done when there’s no office door?

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Work-Life Balance Is Overrated: 3 Tips to Stop Feeling Guilty

Chasing the elusive “work-life balance” often makes entrepreneurs feel guiltier than just, well, working harder. Lisa Nicole Bell has a remedy.

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10 Top Lessons Learned in 2012 (And How to Crush It in 2013)

Lewis Howes shares his top 10 lessons from 2012 on how to be a better, smarter and more balanced entrepreneur, from workout tips to being a man of your word.

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Why Women Entrepreneurs Can Have It All

The can-we-or-can’t-we debate is getting old. Women entrepreneurs (and their male counterparts) don’t need to play the work-life game — they can set their own rules.

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7 Essential Traits You’ll Need to Become Your Own Boss

When Nicole Smartt decided to ditch her 9-to-5 to become an entrepreneur, it was a risky (but rewarding) proposition — and these character traits saw her through the challenges.

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20 Productivity Tools We Can’t Live Without

Twenty members of the YEC chime in on the productivity tools and systems they can’t live without, from Trello and Dropbox to the good old Pomodoro Technique.

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How to Find and Do Work You Love: 3 Surprisingly Simple Steps

Most people are miserable at work. But finding — and then doing — work you’re passionate about is more within your control than you might think. Scott Dinsmore’s Passionate Work Framework provides the raw material for lasting change.

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5 Tips for Balancing a Job, a Family and a Startup Too

When even your wife says you’re doing it wrong, it’s time to rethink the way you balance your two passions: the startup life and the family life.

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11 Female Startup Founders on How to Stay Healthy and Sane

It’s not easy balancing the stress of being CEO with leading a normal, productive life — but these YEC women manage to balance startup work with a little fun.

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Starting Up? How to Conquer the 3 Big Challenges You’ll Face

Starting a new business is scary compared to, say, working a desk job. But you’re not alone — and embracing your new normal is the first step.

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15 Warning Signs of Entrepreneurial Burnout

Yes, entrepreneurs work hard. But how hard is too hard? Beware these telltale signs of burnout — and take a 15-minute break if they sound familiar!

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How to Prepare Your Mind for Lifelong Success

The key to entrepreneurial success is a lifelong curriculum of positivity and knowledge. Entrepreneur David Schnurman shares his favorite lesson plans.

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11 Tips to Keep Your Love Life Alive While Starting Up

Entrepreneurship requires a ton of sacrifice, but don’t ditch that date night just yet. Young entrepreneurs reveal how to find — and keep — that significant other in your life.

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15 Tips to Maintain Your Work-Life Balance

You became an entrepreneur to not only explore your big idea, but also to gain control over your schedule and workload. Don’t let your whole life be swallowed by your startup!

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Protected: 12 Strategies to Keep Your Sanity While Starting Up

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My 3 Favorite Pieces of Startup Advice

For entrepreneurs, advice is easy to come by. But it’s the advice that’s worth following that can change the way you do business.

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