Small business owners are known to have busy schedules, many different responsibilities, and a steady flow of important decisions to make. Despite the fact that we may want to get it all done, all the time, the simple truth is that there are only so many hours in a day, and so many things you can do at once. Many times, our personal life suffers and we find ourselves becoming a slave to the business, which often results in burnout.
小型企业的老板们一直行程满满，肩负各种责任，还需要为很多的事情作出决策。大家没办法逃过完成所有任务的事实，此外，还有一个非常简单的道理：一天就只有那样多个小时，你同时可以兼顾的事情却一直那样多。很多时候，大家的私生活活就会因此遭到影响，还会发现自己已经渐渐成为买卖的奴隶，最后筋疲力尽。
To remain successful long|term, small business owners must find a balance between their business and their personal life. Here are five ways to create a work|life balance.
为了可以在买卖上持续创造佳绩，小型企业的老板们需要在买卖和私生活活之间找到一个平衡点。以下便是创造工作生活平衡的5个办法。
1. Set Boundaries
1. 设定界限
The most important step for creating a balance is setting boundaries with customers, employees, and vendors. Your boundaries don’t have to be completely rigid, but you do need a clear idea of how you want your business relationships to be structured so you can create habits that enforce that vision.
保持工作与生活平衡的非常重要一步便是与顾客，职员与提供商之间设定一些界限。你所设定的界限不必完全是死板的，但你的头脑里要有一个明确的定义，你期望你的商业关系的构造是什么样的，如此你就能培养习惯，推行构想。
Think through the areas where you feel you need to create more structure, and be clear on how you want to communicate and interact with your business contacts. Then you need to share those policies so you can create boundaries that honor your time.
彻底想了解有什么方面是需要重新构造的，与了解你期望与商业联系人之间的交流和互动的透明度怎么样。然后你就需要跟他们推荐这类手段，如此就能设定界限，时间也因此过得有价值。
2. Create Rules for Yourself
2. 给自己设定规则
Just as you need to set rules that manage your contact with others, you also need to set ground rules for yourself. It is way too easy to take that late|night call "just this once," or give out your personal cell phone number to a trusted client.
正如你需要设定一些规则来处置与别人的联系一样，你也需要给自己设定一些基本原则。接听半夜来电，你说“只听这一次”，或者向一位信赖的顾客透露我们的私人电话号码，其实都是比较容易触碰的底线。
Make a list of unacceptable personal actions that contradict your boundaries. Keep the list in a visible place, and check it often to make sure you are respecting your own boundaries.
把那些与我们的底线相抵触的私人行为列成清单，把它放在显眼的地方，多拿来看看，确保你一直坚守着我们的底线。
3. Develop an Emergency Test
3. 拟定应对测试表
Things happen in business that may cause you to have to bend your own rules from time to time; that's the nature of business.
在买卖上出现的情况有时可能使你不能不改变我们的规则，这就是买卖场的本质。
But in the heat of chaos, it can be difficult to remain objective about what qualifies as an emergency.
但在混乱发生得最激烈的时候，或许非常难在紧急情况之中维持客观。
Create a checklist that outlines what factors should exist before a situation is classified as an emergency. Make it clear when and how your boundaries should be bent, as well as what you should do after the situation is resolved to restore the limits.
创建一份检查清单，把过去出现过引发紧急情况的原因列出来。明确在何时、以何种方法改变我们的界限规则，还有在情况处置后你应该采取的手段从而恢复界限。
4. Consistent
4. 坚持不懈
Setting boundaries is all about creating habits, and the best way to create a positive habit is by doing something consistently. If you give in once, or let something slide, you’re going to have to work twice as hard to respect your own ground rules next time.
设置界限其实就是培养习惯，而培养好习惯的最好办法就是一直坚持做某件事情。假如你妥协了一次，或者随便放过某个环节，下一次你就不能不加倍工作才能对得起你的基本原则了。
5. Allow Yourself to Take Breaks
5. 允许自己休息透透气
Work|life balance requires that you dedicate time to focus on all aspects of your life; you can’t give your personal life focus without investing time into it. So if you are usually overscheduled with work, there won’t be much of a chance you will be able to take a break or do anything non|work related without shuffling your time and causing more stress.
工作生活平衡的状况需要你投入时间全心专注生活的很多方面，你不可以关注了生活却不舍得投入时间去照料。所以假如你的行程一直被工作排满了，那样你休息的时间或者做一些工作以外的事情的机会就极少了，没办法重新调整时间，还会导致更多的重压。
One way to make sure you take time out for your personal life is by scheduling in the time as if it were another work responsibility. Over time, this will become second nature to you and will be one of the most valuable slots of time during your day.
有一个确保你可以腾出一些私生活活时间的办法，就是把时间安排视为另一项工作职责。久而久之，如此就会成为你的第二天性，还会成为你日常最宝贵的休闲时光。
（编辑：何莹莹）
