b'LIFE MANAGEMENTstandards. The Real ResistanceThe Sacrifice Myth: The business comes first, always.The strongest resistance to balance doesnt come from Personal boundaries mean youre not serious aboutdemanding clients or crisis situations. It comes from success. the people closest to youyour team, your family, your These arent just beliefstheyre embedded in howindustry peerswho have become invested in your old we bid jobs, structure teams, and measure leadershipperformance.effectiveness. Theyre in our contracts, our expectations,Your employees resist because theyve learned to rely our hiring practices. on your constant availability instead of developing their You cant solve this with personal time management.own problem-solving abilities.Youre not fighting your own habits. Youre fighting anYour clients resist because theyve been trained to entire industrys definition of professionalism. expect immediate responses and personal attention Where Individual Change Dies from the owner.Heres what happens when you try to implement life-workYour family resists because theyve adapted to your balance alone: absence and learned to function without you. Your Week 1: You set boundaries. Leave at reasonable hours.presence disrupts established patterns.Feel good about progress. Yourcompetitorsjudgebecauseyourboundaries Week 2: Crisis hits. You hold the boundary. Project getschallenge their justification for their own imbalance.delayed. Client gets upset. Even you resist because balanced leader doesnt Week 3: You start making exceptions. Just this once.match the identity that got you where you are.Just this project. Just until things calm down. This is why smart people stay stuck. Theyre trying to Week 4: Youre back to the old pattern, convinced thatrewrite their individual script while everyone around them balance doesnt work in construction. holds copies of the old version.The Culture Change RealityThe problem wasnt your willpower. The problem was trying to change a cultural pattern with individual action. You cannot create sustainable life-work balance in Continued on page 12'