Joanna Coles Quotes

Am I a workaholic? Yes, but I also have no problem taking time for myself.

There will always be another email to get through; something to clean up, file, and organize; more errands to do. Which is why balance is so important. Life is a marathon, not a sprint.

We don't have any problem finding enough things to do; the problem we have is making sure we don't overload ourselves inadvertently.

A Superwoman isn't a woman who can do anything, but a woman who avoids doing too much.

I have fun when I want to have fun, but I am learning how to balance my life out.

I tell my staff, 'Give me your best, and then go home and live your life.' I've never asked anyone to work harder, but I've told plenty that they needed rest.

I think all of us are multitasking a little more today than we used to or than we would like to. And I think that the issue of work-life balance is a critical issue for every company around the world.

Nobody's life is ever all balanced. It's a conscious decision to choose your priorities every day.

Work doesn't seem to interfere with my life. I have time for everything, even time to be alone.

You can't do it all. You get many requests all the time, but I still have to focus on football, still have to live my life a little bit. But there are definitely times during the week when you want to take time out.

My friends told me that it's the hardest thing to separate the personal life from their work.

Just put football first, or your job first. Give everything you've got all week, work hard, work super-hard to take it to the next level every week. And when you feel like you got to the point where you want to be, you definitely need the time to go out, relax, have a good time, take all the stress off it.

Procrastination is your body telling you you need to back off a bit and think more about what you are doing.

Life is more important than work.

There's never enough hours in the day to do what you want to do. What I've become OK with is that not everything can be done today. As long as I can get that time in with my son, then I can get all of the other stuff done today or tomorrow.

You have to take care of yourself so you can manage the workload of a very, very full plate.

Life is all about balance. My work is very important to me, but so are my relationships. I make time for that aspect of my life, and it makes me happy having balance in my life.

Rest is key. I need to get the right rest time and family time to stay refreshed. My downtime is for family activity. That's all about there is. I never switch off. Running my day-to-day golf business is a fairly busy one. There's a lot of moving parts and I'm trying to simplify it and make it easier.

I don't have the answer to finding the balance because I think, well, maybe successful people don't switch off.

Time management is surely the most critical aspect of acing multiple arenas: home, work, and family.

It's a balance - sometimes you have to concentrate on your home life, and sometimes you have to concentrate on your work life.

I just don't believe you can have it all and be great at everything, something has to give at some point. You've got to give yourself a break sometimes.

Working 90 hours a week is easily racked up when you're self-employed and rely on portable tech to do your work; your train journeys, toilet breaks, leisurely walks, bedtime, can all become 'working hours'. Reclaim them.

In the future, I will make certain that I commit to projects so there's enough breathing space for me to have an emotional life.

I don't mind it. I just space it out. Every other week I go out. I used to get some time to myself but I've been pretty busy lately. But I've had it the other way, where I'm staring at the phone waiting for it to ring, so this is definitely better.