Clegg argues work-life balance is a myth: focus requires intentional imbalance. He uses seasons as a metaphor, telling entrepreneurs to accept extended periods of heavy work early on and earn balance later, not chase it now.
I'm about to drop an atom bomb on this whole work life, balance myth. This whole idea that you got to be in balance. You know, you're still in a balance. And if you're an entrepreneur and you're working towards freeing your family financially, then you probably have people who are close to you. Friends, family members, people who care about you, who are always talking about. But you're so out of balance, all you do is care about the money. I'm going to tell you something. Balance is not the objective of life. Balance is a season in life. It's never winter and summer in the same place at the same time. And you're never going to be in focus and imbalance at the same time. Winter is the opposite of summer. Focus is the opposite of balance. When you're in focus, you're out of balance. And when you're in balance, you're out of focus. If you've not had long enough seasons of focus, you haven't earned the right to be balanced. When you start out, you have seasons of focus that are this big and seasons of balance that are this big. But if you keep on working, one day you'll have seasons of focus that are this big and seasons of balance that are this big. Work life, balance is a myth. Pick one. Stay there until you're done.
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