When you log into your Facebook account, you’ve probably seen at least one of your friends share some quote, video or article from entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk.
It seems like he’s everywhere.
What Vaynerchuk has achieved is impressive. He built a popular web show called Wine Library TV that took his family’s wine business from $4 million a year to $60 million dollars a year. He has written four New York Times bestsellers, developed a wildly popular personal brand and grown VaynerMedia into a $100 million dollar media company.
Vaynerchuk gives us a glimpse into his life and schedule with his vlog Daily Vee. You can see he practices what he preaches, working from early morning to late at night. Now, the vlog is edited, so we don’t see every minute of his day, but he does a lot of work, all day long.
That much work is what brought Vaynerchuk to where he is in his life and business. It is not what works for me, it likely wouldn’t work for you and I bet Gary would advise you against copying his scheduling or work-life balance strategies. Yes, he is very successful and someone we look up to and learn from, but there are two things you should understand about work-life balance.
The ‘life’ part has to come first.
Whether you are working a job or building your own business, the work-life balance needs to tilt in favor of your life.
So often in life, we get caught up in all the things we have to do. We have business projects and…