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Alan Buttery, financial executive, discusses why work-life balance is a myth (and how you should approach it instead), thinking about your career differently, and lessons from being a musician, black belt, and Boston qualifying marathoner that we can all apply to our careers (even if we’re none of those things).
(Read the post that inspired this conversation: The Balance Myth)
What was your most important takeaway or a-ha moment from this conversation? Email me at [email protected] or tweet to @brocedwards and let me know.
Alan Buttery, Financial Executive, Black Belt, Musician, Marathoner
Outside of the corporate world my background and interests include time as a professional musician, as a bi-vocational pastor and church planter, as a karate sensei and demonstration team leader, and more recently as a runner and a marathoner. I have also been involved in various volunteer and philanthropic efforts for many years.
My volunteer efforts include experience as a charity fundraiser; work on industry, non-profit, and charity boards; and work on social and child welfare projects locally and around the world. I have helped support efforts in Haiti, India, Lebanon, and the Philippines. More recently, I have been focused on finding ways to help some sweet kids in orphanages in Honduras (pictured above.)
I believe that linking high performance with higher purpose leads to out-sized success and the ability to make a 10X impact. Whatever the endeavor, my goal is to make it 10X “better” as a result of my involvement. I am occasionally asked for my personal mission statement. It is simply to use my God-given abilities and opportunities to change the world and to help others do the same!
This episode is sponsored by NutriFitt. I tried NutriFitt’s whey protein supplement after meeting the founder and hearing his journey and commitment to quality. I like to support up and coming businesses so I gave it a try and was impressed. It mixes immediately and the chocolate flavor actually tastes like chocolate, not like some chemical engineering committee’s overdone attempt. It has no artificial sweeteners, colors, or preservatives. Plus, it includes probiotics and is easy on the stomach.
(My personal favorite: Double chocolate whey protein.)
Theme music: Just a Little by Shadow of Whales. Big thanks for letting me use the song. Find them, check out their videos, and get their music.