Jamie Slingerland MCC’s Post

🌟 Finding Balance: Work and Life 🌟 Just like cooking your favourite biryani, achieving a balance between work and personal life is important. Here’s a simple recipe: 🔹 Set Clear Hours: Decide when you’ll work and when you won’t, just like preparing the rice for your biryani. 🔹 Prioritize Wisely: Focus on what’s most important, similar to choosing the key spices for your dish. 🔹 Don’t Overwhelm: Keep your schedule manageable, like avoiding adding too many ingredients to your biryani. 🔹 Enjoy Your Downtime: Take time to relax and have fun, just like enjoying the flavours of your meal. 🔹 Adjust When Needed: If things feel off, make changes. Find what works best for you. Remember, finding balance makes life richer. Keep it simple and enjoyable! #WorkLifeBalance #Harmony #Productivity

Dear Foodservice Professional, ✨ Recognizing Your Hard Work and Dedication ✨ I see you in the kitchen, managing teams, sourcing ingredients, creating culinary masterpieces, and serving up smiles through world-class customer service and experiences. It's a demanding yet rewarding path. Remember this: your career is a chapter in your life's story, not the whole book. 🌟 Start and End Your Week with Intention 🌟 I encourage you to take a step back and do these two things weekly: - Take a moment at the beginning of the week to review your schedule, goals, and plans for the week ahead. How can you ensure your work doesn't overshadow the other important parts of your life? Just as you strategize in your career, you must take that same approach in your personal life. - Reflect on your achievements and areas for improvement at the conclusion of your week, ensuring you’re aligned with both professional and personal aspirations. Did you prioritize what truly matters? Did you make time for loved ones, a favorite hobby, or for yourself through self-care? If not, what adjustments can you make next week? Balancing work and life is crucial. We’re here to earn a living, but also to enjoy a life that's rich and fulfilling beyond our jobs or businesses. A fulfilled life is a delicious recipe of work, passion, rest, and joy. How does your organization promote work-life balance? What strategies do you find effective? Share your tips and experiences in the comments below! 💬 Stay balanced and take care, Raideesha #FoodIndustry #WorkLifeBalance #ProfessionalGrowth #CulinaryManagement #WellnessMatters #Hospitality #CulinaryProfessionals #RestaurantLife #WorkLifeIntegration #MentalHealth #EmployeeWellbeing #ChefLife #CulinaryArts #WorkplaceWellness #HealthyLiving #LifeBalance #FoodServiceIndustry #Wellness #FB #FoodAndBeverage #Hospitality #HospitalityIndustry #HospitalityLife

🍽️✨ 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 & 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸? It all starts with what you eat! I'm no expert, but here's a simple & healthy meal plan packed with high-protein, low-carb, and high-fiber options for ideas to keep you going strong every day. 🥗💪 Download "Snack Attack!" and power through your work week... Print a copy to make grocery shopping a breeze! Eating right doesn’t have to be complicated. By planning your meals & snacks, you can ensure you have the energy to tackle your daily tasks & also stay focused. 🧘♀️🌿 💬 What are some easy, go-to meals that help keep YOU energized? Please share any favorites in the comments! #ProductivityHacks #HealthyEating #MealPlanning #WellnessJourney

What are the ingredients of an “amazing day”? Getting excited about the summer holidays, my daughter wrote a “Cornwall amazing day” list and stuck it on our fridge. I realized the striking simplicity in her wishes to create an “amazing day”: 1. 🥞 Pancakes 2. 🛝 Play 3. 🍦 Get ice cream 4. 🚶♀️ Big walk 5. 🌭 Hot dogs 6. 🍿 Eating marshmallows and movie Interestingly, this list reminded me of what employees seek in their workplace to feel engaged and satisfied: 1. ✅ Meaningful tasks (movie - probably Frozen or Matilda!) 2. ⚖️ Work-life balance (Play) 3. 🤝 Collaborative culture (Getting ice cream together at the beach and sharing the flavours together) 4. 💰 Fair compensation (Pancakes, marshmallows, hot dogs) 5. 🌟 Positive work environment (being with all her family to tackle big Cornish hills on a big walk) This alignment between a child’s desires for an amazing day and an employee's needs for good work underscores a profound principle: the best things in life are often the simplest. Drawing from Job Design and Motivation Theory, fulfilling fundamental human needs leads to enhanced satisfaction and performance. The Job Characteristics Model highlights the importance of task variety, significance, autonomy, and feedback – all elements that create a rewarding work experience and often without costing a thing. Just as my daughter's amazing day is uncomplicated, so too can building a thriving workplace. By focusing on these straightforward yet impactful elements, employers can create environments where employees feel valued and motivated. Is simplicity truly the ultimate sophistication? #Leadership #WorkplaceCulture #EmployeeEngagement #Simplicity #JobDesign #MotivationTheory

XOOM FOODS, where have you been all my life? Everyone wants to talk work life balance. That’s a great thing, at the right time. But if you’re scaling a business or company. Or you’re in a role of high responsibility. There’s going to be a season or two of long hours. More of your meals at work than you’d like. And less control over your diet than you’d like. 👉 Enter Xoom Foods. Popular restaurant cooked meals. Shipped fresh every week to home or office. Priced less than they are at the restaurant. How is that possible? Suresh Annappindi designed a brilliant model. He negotiates for off-peak restaurant hours to prepare your meals. Revenue goes up for these quality restaurants. Price goes down for you. Win-win. It’s amazing what Xoom Foods can do for your quality of life. Nicely done Suresh! #officehacks #entrepreneurlife #intrepreneur #worklife #officelife #officemeals #onthegomeals

🌿🍅 Feeling so blessed to be able to pick fresh vegetables and herbs right from Guido's family garden here in Germany! 🥕🌱 * From ripe tomatoes 🍅 to fragrant basil 🌿, everything was so fresh and full of flavor! * It was a joy to create a delicious, healthy meal for the family straight from the garden to the table! 🍽️✨ * There’s something special about cooking with ingredients you’ve just picked yourself—tastes even better when it’s all natural and homegrown! 💚 Grateful for this beautiful experience of good food, family, and nature! 🙏💖 Thanks to my portable digital marketing business, I have the luxury of time to share moments like this—family bonding over a home-cooked meal with fresh garden ingredients. 💻💪 It’s the freedom to work from anywhere 🌍, while still enjoying these priceless, nourishing experiences. Success isn’t just about work, it’s about being present for life’s simple joys! 🌟🍴 Wish to achieve work / life balance? DM me or leave your name and email on my website (link in bio) and watch our complimentary info session! #BlessedLife #FamilyTime #HomeGrown #HealthyLiving #DigitalNomadLife #WorkAnywhere #GardenToTable #FamilyBonding #Grateful #PortableBusiness #HealthyMeals #FreshIngredients #LifeBalance #DigitalMarketingFreedom

#restaurants #restaurantlife #worklifebalance #worklifebalancegoals #managers #restaurantmanager A manager's work in any industry is challenging, even more so in the restaurant business. The search for work-life balance Is a hot topic in our industry and is not an easy one to solve. My personal experience shows the following: Eliminate the drink after work and go home , get some sleep and wake up early. if you can't have a personal life in the afternoon like in most industries, you have to create one in the morning. Get up early, eat breakfast with your family (if married), go for a walk or get some exercise, go for a coffee with a friend, read a book, do your personal chores. If you work at 13:00 or 16:00 like most of us do in restaurants you have plenty of time to do all that (trust me I do it and I have a side hustle as well) and relax . By the time you have to go to work , you will have accomplished so many things that you will go to work much more energized and happy. Now you might start getting tired a bit earlier than normally in the beginning of this routine, but once you get into the habit you will love it and won't even feel like going out after a long day of work.

Today definitely feels like a coffee day. So many different ways to blend water, coffee beans and milk. So many different (but delicious) results. If one of your goals for 2024 is to create a better work-life balance then remember this: ☕balance, blend or integration are just different words for finding the mix that works for you ☕choose what works for you - it's your work and your life ☕while you might have your go-to favourite coffee, sometime you need to shake it up a bit and try something different for a bit. Be open to trying new things and seeing what works for you. (And, according to my youngest, you can make frothy milk for your coffee just by shaking it violently in the bottle. What could possibly go wrong with that..........😬😂) #worklifebalance #worklifeblend #worklifeintegration #worklifecoach #saturdaycoffee

Come on.. Let's step out for a tea! A quick chai break in the office is more than just drinking tea. It’s a chance to step away from work, relax, and chat with colleagues. These small breaks help refresh the mind, bring people together, and sometimes even spark new ideas. It’s a simple habit, but it makes a big difference. Next time work feels heavy, take a few minutes for chai. You’ll feel better and ready to get back to work. #ChaiBreak #OfficeLife #WorkBalance #TeamBonding