The most important ‘happiness moments’ are centred around the family, but how can you improve your personal happiness score?

According to What If? Forum members – who completed a two day retreat on the Queen’s estate in the Forest of Bowland – spending time with the family when the business is going well; preparing a bucket list of things you want to do before you die; and having the right core people in the business are key to achieving a better work life balance and loosening the hold your business has on your happiness.

Sailing across the Atlantic, cycling the highest passes in the world, playing the top ten golf courses in the world, visiting Antarctica, watching the Northern Lights are just some of the ambitions members included in their lists. 

Several members discovered that simply taking part in this unplanned exercise enabled them to broaden their sense of ‘self’ and start to develop more of a personal identity – setting them on the path to being less dependent on the business for a sense of self-worth.   

Almost everyone readily recognised that they spent too much time on the business and too little with their family. Breaking the vicious hold the business has over owners and leaders is at the heart of improving personal happiness scores.

What will you do to break this hold and improve your personal happiness score? What’s on your bucket list? What has helped you to gain a better work-life balance.

Share your experiences and ambitions with me below.