I'm a big fan of Harvard Business Review. Not only is the magazine great, they have a fantastic online offering, a lot of which is free. I particularly enjoy the bloggers.
Gill Corkindale wrote a post recently about work-life balance that included a Top 6 list on how to maintain that balance. The fifth point particularly resonated with me:
5. Treat time outside work as sacrosanct and refresh yourself. Protect your time outside work as much as you can. You need to be able to switch off from work for your own health and sanity and that of your friends and family.True that. It can be difficult at times, particularly when I'm absolutely swamped with work and could use a couple quiet hours at home to try to catch up, but then I remind myself: The work will never end. No matter how hard I try to catch up... no matter how many hours I devote to work every single day... I'll never be caught up. There will always be a mountain waiting. So why sacrifice both family time and "refresh" time to a lost cause? Not worth it.
Anyway, for those interested in the work-life balance topic, enjoy Corkindale's post:
http://blogs.hbr.org/corkindale/2011/01/detach_yourself_from_your_work.html
1 comments:
Wise words right there... for workers everywhere. Those who toil at the workplace outside their homes & for those who live in their workplaces. The work never ends... ever. Ever!
Thanks for the reminder!! :-)
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