Doug Fleener on Making Better Work and Life Choices Without Burning Out

Описание: Why does work keep crowding out family time even when no one is explicitly asking it to?

Doug Fleener is an author, coach, and former corporate executive who has lived both sides of the work equation. After years of leadership roles and constant pressure, he intentionally redesigned his work around presence, health, and family. As a dad to grown daughters and a teenager, Doug brings rare perspective on how seasons of fatherhood change what presence really looks like.

This conversation focuses on choices, not balance, and how small, intentional decisions can prevent work from quietly taking over everything else.

Doug shares how to:
Shift from chasing balance to making clear work and life choices
Recognize when work is crowding out presence without anyone noticing
Use simple decision filters to decide what needs to be done now, later, or not at all
Redefine success as availability and emotional presence, not output
Adjust expectations when parenting across different seasons
Build daily intention through future focused journaling
Use physical cues like closing a laptop or putting down a phone to signal presence
Pause before reacting when pressure spills into family moments
Turn guilt and regret into awareness instead of self judgment
Slow down in high pressure moments to regain control
Create phone boundaries that actually stick
Find meaningful connection in small, ordinary moments

Doug’s perspective is calm, practical, and deeply grounded in lived experience. This conversation is for dads who want meaningful work without sacrificing the moments that cannot be repeated.

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