Set Some Daggum Boundaries

If you don't set some clear boundaries, your work life will bleed into your home life before you know it. Soon enough, you'll feel like you're always "on the clock" until you're more burned out than a summer day on the highway. Boundaries protect your most valuable assets - your time, energy, and yes, your mental health. Believe me, I found this out the hard way.

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Here are starter ideas for boundaries to consider:

? Set some "office hours" for when you're available for calls and meetings

? Create some templates for handling common requests quickly?

? Turn those notification sounds off for email and chat after certain hours

? Set expectations that you won't be responding right away on weekends?

Now the boundaries you set, they gotta mesh with what your community, ideal clients, and partners expect too. An online community for busy parents might want more flexible, come-as-you-can communication. But those corporate consultant types, they'll likely want you sticking to regular business hours, make sense?

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The best darn approach is to gather input from your members and followers first about their needs and preferences. Then you can set boundaries that work for both you AND them through some open dialogue. Be upfront about those boundaries and why they matter to you. This also fosters and nurtures a greater sense of ownership and loyalty in your community or business when you include other members in the process.

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By sticking to your boundaries as steady as an old ranch hand, you get to model what healthy, sustainable work habits look like. It helps combat that toxic "hustle 'til you bustl'" culture and shows folks they don't gotta be available 24/7 to make it big. Your crowd will learn from your example, no doubt.

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At the end of the day, boundaries let you show up as your best daggum self - recharged and firing on all cylinders instead of running on fumes. With your own needs met, you can serve your community with excellence over the long haul instead of burning out faster than a brushfire.

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So, take a look at what boundaries you need, get your community's buy-in, and have the courage to uphold 'em.? Make no mistake, it's an investment in your business's longevity.

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