Episode 166: The Importance of Creating Margin for Healthcare Leaders

In this episode, we talk about creating a margin in your life and why it’s important for Thriving, Resilient and Unstoppable (TRU) healthcare leaders.

We know leaders continue to experience numerous Covid surges, staffing shortages, increasing demands on their work, and other challenges that have kept the work intensity high that causes fatigue leading to exhaustion and burnout.

In fact, most healthcare leaders continue to experience pain from the stress and work overload they deal with every day and trying to balance everything on their plates.

In this podcast, we introduce the concept of “margin” in four areas in our lives to achieve balance and some of the underlying polarities.

We also talk about some tips on creating margin in your life and some of the negative consequences of not having margin in your life.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

04:11 - The definition of margin

08:42 - About the book from Dr. Richard A. Swenson about margin

11:22 - The number one reason why we lack margin according to Dr. Swenson

14:11 - Some polarities that impact margin in our lives

17:49 - The Balancing Act and the reality of “life tugs”

19:21 - The four areas to create margin to achieve balance in your life

26:54 - The negative consequences of not creating margin in your life

28:22 - The positive outcomes of creating margin in your life

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Reference: Margin: How to Create the Emotional, Physical, Financial, & Time Reserves You Need (1992) by Richard A. Swenson MD.

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