Set Your Boundaries

Leaders, here’s a Truth Bomb for you:

If you don’t set your boundaries, other people are more than happy to set them for you.

I learned over the years to be clear about my boundaries, especially when it came to the blend of work and life.

It didn’t mean that I never allowed those boundaries to expand. When needed, I would.

But because I was clear about what the boundaries were, to begin with, the expansion didn’t establish an expectation–it was an exception.

I set them not with non-negotiable pronouncements, but through the way in which I worked while holding myself accountable for what I committed to.

More often than not, people respected those boundaries and rarely tried to set them for me.

So there’s your Truth Bomb, my friends.