Managing Work-Life Integration

Many entrepreneurs and professionals are always trying to figure out how to integrate their work and personal lives. Sometimes we end up missing important meetings or events because we didn’t properly prioritize, or maybe we chose one over the other to get something bigger out of what we chose.

But how do we really figure out how to balance our lives?

That’s where my guest comes in to share his take on balancing work and life.

About my guest: Shannon Shriver is a leader and successful participant in many arenas and his community. He could be best described as a man that loves to encourage and build people up. His coaching and example has led many to success or increased success.

Connect with Shannon on Facebook and LinkedIn

Transcript (auto-generated; may contain errors):

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Jennifer Glass: Hello and welcome to another episode of MOJO: The Meaning of Life and Business.

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Jennifer Glass: A lot of people

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start talking about the idea of work life balance. I like calling it actually a work life integration because it’s not just the balance.

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Jennifer Glass: We need to integrate the 2. But there’s a lot of different pieces that are involved when we’re talking about what is involved in finding that ideal balance.

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Jennifer Glass: Some people like looking at it as okay. I’m: going to do this

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for a couple of hours, and I’m going to do that for a couple of hours. Wash and repeat.

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Jennifer Glass: Other people have a completely different look. They run really hard, really fast, really long.

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until they eventually crash.

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Jennifer Glass: I have a great guest on the show today. Who’s gonna help us break down? How to do this better. and how to make our own lives that much easier

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Jennifer Glass: and more fulfilling when we have this conversation. But before I bring him on, let me tell you a little bit about him. Shannon Shriver is a leader and successful participant in many arenas.

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Jennifer Glass: In his community. He could be best described as a man that loves to encourage and build people up his coaching. An example has led many to success or increase success.

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Jennifer Glass: Shannon, Welcome to the show.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: Well, good afternoon. You ever this, Shannon, and I’m so glad to be on your show and look forward to discussion.

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Jennifer Glass: Absolutely. Yes, thank you. So, Shannon, let me ask you, when we talk about what you have done in terms of being a leader in your community.

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Jennifer Glass: Tell me more about that first, please.

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Well, if I put it all together, I have been a pig farmer.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: a high school basketball, coach. and insurance sales, but an insurance trainer. Only my own business now.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and I look at all that. Say, do I really know what I’m doing?

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Shannon Shriver CDO: Well, when it comes down to the core? I’m on earth here today to encourage and build people up.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: I don’t know how that fit into the pig farming other than my dad taught me how to work hard and working hard

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Shannon Shriver CDO: would benefit in the

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Shannon Shriver CDO: So whether it be through the high school years or through the high school coaching, and then being with the insurance financial services and work with people today in in a local area and virtual area.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: My goal and my giddy up every day is, hey? I’m going to see who I can encourage. and not only just encourage to build them up

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Shannon Shriver CDO: because I want to leave them as a better person by interchanging or interacting with me.

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Jennifer Glass: Thank you. So let’s talk about the pig farming, for example, because we don’t get a lot of pig farmers that we get to speak to.

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Jennifer Glass: So I know that that was a family business. But tell me more in terms of the pig farming and some of the lessons that taught you other than work hard.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: Okay? Well, my my father was a a graduate in high school. The next day he was in Boot Camp for World War. Ii

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Shannon Shriver CDO: went over there and did his time in the swift outs, came back and started our family. And yes, it was a family business, and everybody, you know.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: had their things d0 0n the farm sort of pig farming, even though we had cows and horses grains. I was sort of a charge of the pig side of the production and we got into pretty large production at time.

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Really, it came down to in 1,976.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: He my father, was shocked by lightning, talking on the phone.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and it.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: I was 9. My brother was 11,

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and we are running the farm by ourself.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: They had meaningful issues. His Brett is is. He was sitting in a metal chair, so his back was branded. He he destroyed one of his ear lobes

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Shannon Shriver CDO: in that sort of put him out of the commission. And so it was like, okay, we were ready for this.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: But let’s go. and I think the lessons I learned with teamwork. you know everyone with dad out had to pick out slack.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and here’s a nine-year-old and 11 year old sleeping on top of the big crates

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Shannon Shriver CDO: waiting to hear a mother pick giving birth.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: We wake up. We’d be the the big doctor.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: Give them what they needed, make sure everything was everyone as well, and see if we go back on top of the crane. Sleep a little bit more before we had to run school

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and carry on our normal lives.

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Jennifer Glass: That’s pretty interesting in terms of looking at it in that regard I mean, first of all, at least, your dad wasn’t killed in the lightning strike.

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Jennifer Glass: So thank God for small favors in that regard. but learning how to take care of the pig, learning how to deal with All of that that was on the farm

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is certainly a really big issue, and

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Jennifer Glass: life lessons like you said that you weren’t

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in terms of what you needed to do all before you needed to run off and go to school to learn your reading math and writing

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Jennifer Glass: definitely interesting. So let me ask you, let’s fast forward a number of years. So now you’re out of school. You are doing insurance. You are doing

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this and that in terms of what you were doing. What were some of those lessons that you picked up along the way.

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Jennifer Glass: And how did that ultimately help you and learning how to live a more balanced life?

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Shannon Shriver CDO: Probably the first one comes. My mind is, People are more important than things. I think every one

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and I know a parent of 4. We all want our kids to do better than we did.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and we, as children, want to do better than our parents did.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and therefore it is t00 0ften tied to money. objects, cars, phones, and those things are all nice.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: but it’s that people are more important. Then. Thanks.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: My dad is little. The education he had, he always said, spend little you can on things into appreciate.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and as much as you can on things that I appreciate.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: And he and and Mom lived an example that Dad passed away. 3 0r 4 years ago. He was 94.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: Mom was 4 years younger. I thought they were fighting and arguing to see who would live the longest

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and Dad lost.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: Mom is now 94, almost 95, and I think the only reason she’s still here on earth is that she can make 95 until then each she beat him again.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: People are very important.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: When I set my yearly goals when I set my weekly goals. my first thought is.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: what kind of person am I going to be? And what kind of people I I’m. I’m. A little analytical recovering analytical, I would say.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: But every week I have about 10 categories. It’s me as a person. and ray myself. How good was I as a husband? How good was I as a father, a grandfather.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: a servant an influencer. Each one of my jobs You’ll

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Shannon Shriver CDO: was I the best I can be. I don’t always get a chance, or do I ever get tense?

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Shannon Shriver CDO: But the key is

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Shannon Shriver CDO: the people, me as a person first.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and then the people that i’m going to serve that week. How can I show up for them. because each one of those grades that I give myself one t0 10.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: If I get a 7, what can I do this week

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Shannon Shriver CDO: to provide them to an 8 0r to a 9,

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Jennifer Glass: Absolutely. And I I love the story of your mom in that race with your dad just to say, is he gonna beat you again. That’s that’s incredible. So.

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Shannon, if we’re looking at

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Jennifer Glass: being the best that we can be like you said, Are you a 7 this week. Can you be 8 next week?

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Jennifer Glass: That is definitely, really important in terms of how we can look at it in that perspective we can say we’re trying to be the best version of ourselves. We know that we need to be

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Jennifer Glass: better here. We need to be doing that, whatever it is that we need to be figuring out from there as we look, though at work, life balance, as you call it.

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or as a lot of people call it.

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Jennifer Glass: Let’s talk about that. Because, like I said in the introduction, there is a lot there that we can get bogged down with

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Jennifer Glass: it doesn’t matter if you’re trying to be 7 8 9 in terms of what you’re doing. Maybe it’ll say this week. I have to make sure. I at least give a chance to go to my son’s baseball game, or my daughter’s dance, recital, or whatever. Just that I can get that extra point.

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Jennifer Glass: you know, and kind of game of 5, the story. But is it really those setting that balance? Or is it more? Again, it’s another work thing that i’m just working at doing.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: It is something you have to work at, and I don’t know if you ever get the mark.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: I think the key is you’ve got to know what your poor values are.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and when something comes into your world. don’t allow them to make you off balance.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: But it comes back to you. Use the word integration, I heard people say, hey, there’s not such a thing as word like balance, because it’s not 50% at work and 50% not at work.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: You can do a lot of work and be involved. I think the key is the people that are important to you. letting them know when you are unavailable.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: My wife knows that this certain part of the day

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Shannon Shriver CDO: I don’t even want to talk to Shan because he’s not going to be able to do anything for me because

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Shannon Shriver CDO: he’s pretty occupied with his work. But then there’s also this definite times, especially scheduled at the end of the week.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: Hey, we’re going to do this.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and she knows nothing except

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Shannon Shriver CDO: the collapse of my business or the death of a loved one.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: is going to take that time away from her.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and she knows, hey. I know I got Shannon at this time. and I think that’s key with

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Shannon Shriver CDO: working, not only with with your spouse, with your children.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: My children are all adult children, so they don’t need as much of my time.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: but I scheduled time to be with them. Just be there for them. And now with grandchildren

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Shannon Shriver CDO: Yes, hey.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: which grandparents can take me to school

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Shannon Shriver CDO: because one of their parents are not able to.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: I get to be my lucky guy.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: I get to be the one that doesn’t have to go to a 9 t0 5 job. and I can go spend the night and make sure they’re up. They’ve got your breakfast. Their hair phone. The teeth rushed

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and onto the schools we go. but I think the balance is realizing

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Shannon Shriver CDO: i’m not the first step person that can turn the switch on or off.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: I’ve got no ahead of time.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: hey? This time. I’m going to go at this time is family. This time is 5

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Shannon Shriver CDO: self- pleasure, and this time it is focus on moving a needle and making the money

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Jennifer Glass: absolutely and it’s great that You’ve got that luxury in terms of being grandpa that can take the kids to school.

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Jennifer Glass: and that your wife knows when she’s got Shannon time, and when Shannon is not in that position to be doing something. So let me ask, though, if we’re looking at

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Jennifer Glass: a transferable skill, if you will.

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getting this set up. So some of us are lucky enough that we’ve got understanding spouses and kids that understand that we’ve got to be at work during this hour

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Jennifer Glass: and other times we don’t exactly have the same luxury. Is there anything you can say, though, to the person who is struggling with balance

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Shannon Shriver CDO: that can give them a little more clarity in what they can do to start. At least.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: I think

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Shannon Shriver CDO: it all begins with communication with those individuals

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Shannon Shriver CDO: You know. I I believe the the 5 love languages. I know what I know. I know what my wife’s are.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: It’s amazing, taking out the trash can make her the happiest person in all the world

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Shannon Shriver CDO: versus jewelry. But if I know that, and I communicate

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Shannon Shriver CDO: what I expect to you. Start not so much. Let me tell you. What I gotta do is for a

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Shannon Shriver CDO: what is your week like?

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Shannon Shriver CDO: What’s the most important thing I know she’s got a presentation this Thursday that’s going to make her as nervous as all get out.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: Well, that means on Wednesday evening she’s gonna show special time for my wife. so it fills her cup and helps her understand. They are

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Shannon Shriver CDO: Everything’s going to be okay. and she’s going to be a phenomenal. She’s a change agent of her work.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: making sure there’s communication up front. Then I think the other step would be.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: Try something new.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: I’m not saying I am the world’s greatest husband. even though I am a hall of fame, husband. and let me explain. My first marriage did not last matter of fact, I don’t know if you can even find it in the ashes anymore.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: I miserably struck out.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: but after that experience I realized I need to know what the what I need to learn to be a better man about her husband, a better person, and I hit a home run with the sad one.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: so i’m back 500, and I don’t want another attempt at this. I

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Shannon Shriver CDO: This is this is my last Mary, as far as i’m concerned but that 500 I should be in the whole thing.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: to do something. I don’t want to be so

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Shannon Shriver CDO: to routine that my wife thinks she knows everything about the

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Shannon Shriver CDO: I want some variety of life. We we are complete opposites.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and I say that because we don’t, we have a we have our core values in common. but we are completely, I mean, i’m, coming from the state of Alabama.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: I’m an auburn fan. She’s an Alabama fan. Right?

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Please not feel sorry about her right.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: so they’ve been pretty successful.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: but we realized that we need time to spend. I think the step would be. Bring a little variety of your life.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: Let that significant other, that spouse, maybe even a family member, maybe a child. Get them involved with the activities that include your work.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: I’m a big proponent of a

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Shannon Shriver CDO: taking your child to work.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: Why? Because they don’t know what to experience.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: I was an educator for 14 years when my daughter was 9, she said, Daddy, i’m going to go shit shadow a teacher. I think I want to be a teacher. I said. That’d be great. You’re just very a rich husband.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: because the teachers are not getting paid what they are deserving. but the key is getting them involved.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and I think it does have the

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Shannon Shriver CDO: largely allowed try something new.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: Pete Barg is a is a good Mentor for me, and that, hey? Let’s try something. Then review it and see if we learn something from it.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: There’s things I’ve tried and said, oh, i’ll never try that again with my spouse.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: Oh, that word note to self.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and I think the key is.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: if we’ll slow down enough to find an opportunity

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Shannon Shriver CDO: to think. What could I do? Different

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Shannon Shriver CDO: to help them? And I’ll I’ll finish up with this also. Think about what can I do? Different? My work that might maybe have more time to spend with those that are important to me.

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Jennifer Glass: So that’s an interesting segue that I will ask that question to you. What is it that you do to create more time? So you can have that

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Jennifer Glass: to be doing more for others in terms of looking at it in the work life balance in terms of looking at it. working within your community, working.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: to you by.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: I don’t drive 30 min, 15 min.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: 5 min to work. I wake up, and i’m at work.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: you made the time. you know, if I consider, and i’m just using a hypothetical. if I am making

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and my job has that many slides of things to do if I can take 2 slides and hire someone for $25 an hour.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: I should not, even though I enjoy it. I should mow my yard if I can find someone to do it for less than what I charge for my business

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Shannon Shriver CDO: In my marketing to my in my companies I got things that’s so down past the routine’s going

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Shannon Shriver CDO: Then I can multitask d0 2 things once. because the science teaches that they can’t be done. At the same time I can be listening to a podcast and doing other activities

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Shannon Shriver CDO: Would I get more out of the podcast if I just stop 2 notes, list and everything. Yes.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and we’ve not lost an opportunity to spend time together that can go with your your your wife, your husband, your girlfriend, your boyfriend, your children.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: whether that be family, whether that be a community service, whether that be charity, would that be my workout time. I block all that out. See? Okay?

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Jennifer Glass: absolutely, and it’s important that you make sure that you look at your calendar blocking. but you know exactly what it is that you are doing.

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Jennifer Glass: and where you’re going. One of the tips I got from one of my coaches was even the supermarket run.

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Jennifer Glass: or the Warehouse Club Run goes in the calendar, too. because that way it becomes something that is an immobile right. Someone else cannot come and demand that time, because no, that is my supermarket time. That is my warehouse club time.

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Jennifer Glass: If you let that stuff build up, then it can eventually become much more serious in terms of needing a lot more to do and take a lot more time.

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Jennifer Glass: So pay attention to those little things in that calendar blocking like you were just mentioning Shannon, so you can go from there.

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Jennifer Glass: and so I got to notice that, and I got to pick it up. And then I went on an intensive where it was even more reiterated. And so it’ll allow me to really think a little more strategically in that regard. So if you’re listening to a podcast, you can certainly listen to the show.

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Jennifer Glass: and I can be focused heavily on the show. What is it that they’re talking about? Is it something that I need to really be paying attention to. In which case, like you said, I can go back. I can mark it. I can do things along those lines, so I can get there

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Jennifer Glass: and do all of those pieces. So thank you, Shannon, for those tips.

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Jennifer Glass: Thank you. So, Shannon, let me ask you, what is it that makes you get up every morning? I mean, we spoke about a whole lot of things that you do. But what is it that really makes you tick

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Shannon Shriver CDO: Everyone has always thought I won’t be married. My parents and I want my children to be better than me. So what kind of legacy am I going to leave for my family?

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Shannon Shriver CDO: so that I can leave a legacy for my kids. But more importantly. I want. I want someone to be a story to look at my children.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and says they have a such a great people. They have everything together, and knowing what they’re doing and moving forward.

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Shannon Shriver CDO: and some of this Well, I wonder who their father was? That would be the greatest compliment I could ever have.

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Jennifer Glass: Thank you. So, Shannon. People that have been listening to us for the last. A bit of time might want to know more and connect with you. How can they find out more about you.

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Jennifer Glass: So, Shannon again. Thank you so much for being my guest. I think that this was a really enjoyable conversation, and on behalf of our listeners. I know that we got a lot out of

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Jennifer Glass: the information that you imparted to us. So thank you so much.

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Jennifer Glass: And so, as you think about what it is that you’re doing in your own

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Jennifer Glass: life, in your work, life, integration. and blocking out your calendar and paying attention to the community organizations that you participate, and the causes that you believe in

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Jennifer Glass: the ideas of the legacy that you want to be leaving for your great grandchildren, like Shannon was saying to have everything blocked out that you are doing the most

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Jennifer Glass: of the 24 h in a day that you have pay attention to those pieces as you’re looking at. How you start building that out. and knowing I can get from here to there to the next piece.

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Jennifer Glass: based on what it is that you’re trying to do.

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Jennifer Glass: The more that you can really be focused in those areas, the more that you can have a keen eye on what your end goal is.

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Jennifer Glass: so more likely you’re going to understand it and know the meaning of life and business

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Jennifer Glass: on that note. This has been another episode of MOJO: The Meaning of Life and Business, and until next time here’s to your success.