Work-Life Balance: It’s Not A Balanced Concept

Work-Life balance: it’s a popular idea in corporate life today.  Your work and your life should balance.  That’s a pretty simple idea.  Many people who put in long hours at work would agree.  But wait second.  Work-life balance seems to suggest that work should be balanced with everything else in your life, that your work and your life are somehow equal.  I think that gives work too much importance in our lives.  Instead, I think we need to balance our lives in ways that make sense for us.  That’s healthier.  Work has its place.  But there are lots of other things in life, too.  Join me in this video to think about balancing our whole lives, with work as just one component.

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