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Work-Life Balance: Strategies for Busy Professionals (Udemy.com)

Work-life balance practical tips for being happier at home and work

4.6
532 reviews

Created by: Chris Croft

Last updated May 2025

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What you will learn

  • Build a job you enjoy and excel at — both matter for balance
  • Avoid the trap of long hours; they don’t lead to better results
  • Learn to evolve your role toward your strengths and passions
  • Spot career “creep” and avoid the sunk cost fallacy
  • Master delegation, boundaries, and planning to reclaim time and reduce stress
  • Blend work and life smartly instead of chasing strict separation
  • Use your natural energy patterns — work like a lark or owl, not against it
  • Align with your boss: set shared goals and protect your personal priorities
  • And much much more!

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Course Description

Work-Life Balance: Strategies for Busy Professionals
Work-life balance practical tips for being happier at home and work


Getting your work-life balance right might just be the most important thing you do. Why? Because without it, life becomes a long list of meetings, emails, and stress… and before you know it, the things that actually make you happy—family, hobbies, sleep!—get pushed to the side.


Work will always expand to fill the time you give it. Like weeds in your garden, it sneaks in and takes over unless you actively keep it in check. And that’s what this course is all about: taking back control.


In this course, I’ll walk you through a whole load of practical strategies to help you get the most out of your job and your personal life—without burning out in the process. We’ll cover how to set boundaries, how to stop work from leaking into your evenings, and how to enjoy both sides of your life more fully.


You might be wondering:
Is it worth changing jobs at this stage in your career?
Should you really be working so hard?
Is your boss helping—or secretly sabotaging—your balance?
We’ll talk about all that, and more.


I’ve spent 25 years teaching people how to manage time, reduce stress, and feel happier—and I’ve worked in enough roles myself (engineer, manager, lecturer, self-employed) to know what it’s like out there. So everything I share is based on real experience, not theory.


By the end of this course, you’ll have a toolkit of simple, proven tactics that help you spend less time at work, feel less stressed, and get more enjoyment from both work and home.


It’s not about quitting your job or moving to a log cabin in the woods. It’s about small, smart changes that make a big difference.

So, if you’re ready to make life a bit less frantic and a lot more enjoyable, I’ll see you inside the course.
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Instructor Details

Chris Croft

Chris Croft is one of the UK's leading trainers and provides a wide variety of courses designed to involve, inspire and motivate people of all levels. To date Chris has trained some 87,000 people in person and millions online. His video courses are some of the most viewed in the world.


Chris has come from an Engineering background, with a masters degree from Cambridge University, qualifying as a Chartered Engineer, and working as a senior manager in manufacturing for 10 years. He gained an MBA and worked as a university lecturer for four years before starting his own training company 25 years ago.

Chris runs face to face courses in the UK, does zoom training for companies anywhere in the world, and makes video courses in his own studio. You can follow him on Linkedin and YouTube, and he has 18 books on Amazon.


Chris is passionate about practical and fun education with courses that are memorable, entertaining and immediately actionable.

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4.6

532 ratings on Udemy

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By Toraj Alemi on 6/20/2026

Not a special topics

By Cristine Keller on 4/27/2026

I have taken many of Chris's classes and every single one has been excellent and very informative. Chris is a very good speaker, and and clearly and logically presents the information. This class highlighted some of the issues I struggle with balancing my life and work, and it was a good eye-opener for me! I will finally turn off my work phone during the weekend!

By Asher Simon on 3/2/2026

It's a great course. I appreciate it and I was able to complete in a day! I speaker is engaging and draws examples and scenarios from real life experiences which helpful.

By Andrea Llanes on 9/24/2025

Loved the course. Gained insight to how important it is to manage a work-life balance. Happy I learned new things and can't wait to apply them to my day-to-day life.

By Sancia Pennycooke on 8/20/2025

Finding a workplace that truly appreciates your skills and offers a supportive environment can make all the difference. Remember, your dedication and hard work are valuable, and the right employer will recognize and appreciate those qualities!

By Jacob Cortez on 6/10/2025

The pieces of advice the trainer gives are very helpful. He speaks with honesty and his pace of speaking and volume are correct. This is an interesting enjoyable course.

By Jonathan Ryall on 5/12/2025

The presentation is very clear and well structured. I personally think that any employee who takes the time to implement the strategies and tips here will find it a game changer for their personal productivity and work life balance.

By Atang Gambule on 5/6/2025

Relatable course with applicable advise. The lesson on politely saying No to extra work came just in time. It worked! Enjoyed the course.

By Ronn Paolo Maigue on 5/4/2025

This online course gave me such a great idea on how I should maintain a good and healthy work-life balance, and I got so many useful tips from this course. I just wish there were quizzes and practical exercises that we can answer so that we can apply what we have learned from each lesson but the course is still recommendable for those who are having difficult times in work.

By Zacharias Lalaounis on 4/23/2025

I thoroughly enjoyed this course! Chris Croft's teaching style is both engaging and informative. The course is well-structured, with practical advice that's easy to understand and apply. It's a valuable resource for anyone looking to improve their work-life balance.

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