Can You Really Achieve Work-Life Balance? If So, How?
There’s a lot of talk about how to achieve work-life balance.
But I don’t think it’s possible.
There’s a lot of talk about how to achieve work-life balance.
But I don’t think it’s possible.
Feeling stuck in a rut? Working hard but not getting much done?
It may be time to sound boundaries for yourself.
Do you struggle to stay productive and motivated?
It could be that you aren’t structuring your day in the right way.
It’s amazing to me that what I (and many others) have talked about for over the past decade is finally becoming reality.
That reality is the end of the 9-to-5 workday.
What does a typical day look like for you?
It’s a question I’ve asked to hundreds of CEOs and top business leaders around the world.
One of the things that I have personally struggled with for a long time is seeing beyond my work.
This is especially challenging when you work for yourself. For many years I always felt a but guilty for not spending my free time working.
Even those of you who have more traditional full-time jobs I’m sure can relate. For many of us it’s quite hard to separate work and life, especially now during COVID-19.
Dan Pink is the bestselling author of six books including Drive, To Sell is Human, and his newest book, When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing. In 2019 London based Thinkers 50 named Dan the 6th most influential management thinker in the world.
My guest this week is Laura Vanderkam, the author of several books on productivity and time management, including Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done and 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think. These days most of us have been forced to step away from our normal routines, and that can be stressful and chaotic at times.
It is so easy to get caught up in the day to day of work. Most of us work at least 5 days a week and 8-10 hours a day, some of us work even more than that. It’s not hard to see why we can sometimes feel like work is the only thing we are doing in life.
We all have moments in our lives that stand out from the rest, moments that matter. For me personally some of the moments that matter are the day I got married, the day my daughter was born, and the day I bought my first house. But there are also moments that matter that relate to work, such as the 1st day at a new job, the day you get a promotion or even the day you leave a job. […]