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5 Essential Items All Businesswomen Need but Often Forget

By Maria Bashi
Sep 29, 2017
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Being a successful businesswoman requires hard work, confidence, and thick skin. There are many demands, responsibilities, and expectations placed upon you. To keep up with these stresses, there are items that are vital to your success in both your career and your home life — items that are often forgotten or not prioritized on your to-do list.

Savings Account

Receiving a paycheck is one of the benefits of stepping into the workforce but it is important that you prepare for the future and save for a rainy day. You never know when an opportunity may knock that will require a pay cut or if a tragedy may occur, hurting your family financially. A savings account is the financial foundation that can be life-saving.

Life Insurance

It can be a confusing and overwhelming topic, but life insurance should not be something you avoid or forget. It provides peace of mind knowing that your family is financially secure if something should happen to you. There are several options for life insurance available so you can choose a policy that is ideal for your specific life circumstance.

Strong Sleep Habits

While it may be tempting to forgo sleep to get a little more done, sleep is essential to a clear and focused mind. It not only keeps you healthy, but research also shows that it increases your creativity — and a creative mind is necessary to making big decisions and large strides in your career. Aim for the recommended 7 to 9 hours of sleep each night – anything less may cause a decrease in your mental and physical health.

Positive Work and Home Balance

As a woman working in the business world, you may feel immense pressure to handle the demands in both your office and your home. The key is to find a strong work and home balance, which will not only boost your mental health but improve productivity in various aspects of your life as well. A few ways to build a strong work and home balance include:

  • Let go of all guilt and shame from working outside the home.
  • Leave work in the office.
  • Establish work hours and avoid regularly going into work early or leaving work late.
  • Make time for yourself every single day.
  • Spend one-on-one time weekly (if not more) with your children and your partner.

A Goal

It is easy to become caught up with the demands of deadlines and day-to-day responsibilities, and to lose sight of what drove you to this position in the first place. To find that drive again, you need to establish a strong goal and do all you can to work towards it. You may need a visual reminder in your office or home to prompt you of what you are working towards and how you are going to reach it.

While there are numerous skills and habits you need to become successful, working on achieving the above five items will help you see the most success in both your home and work environments.

 

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