Achieve Work-Life Balance
Sometimes our career's become our lives. Career advancement, exceeding client expectations, and chasing the "greenbacks" often times take precedence over the most meaningful part of life: family, personal life, hobbies and health. We often times must remind ourselves that a job is a means to an end, and NOT the other way around.
You must ask yourself; do you have a healthy "Work-Life" balance? Furthermore, does your job make it even possible to achieve "Work-Life" balance? Here is a short list of definitions that address the deeper meaning and values at the core of this important workplace attitude. Work is an inevitable part of life; however, it should not become life. Reflect on these definitions and reach for the ultimate apex of work-life balance nirvana.
Work Life Balance:
- Work-Life is the ability to effectively manage work, family and personal life
- Work-Life contributes to the well-being and productivity of the American worker and their workplaces
- Work-Life improves job satisfaction, commitment to employers, and retention
- Work-Life helps nurture happier, harder-working employees by alleviating on-the-job stress
- Work-Life increses on-the-job performance
- Work-Life lessens employee utilization of the health care system
- Work-Life helps improves self-esteem and lessens feelings of anger and resentment
- Work-Life helps build stronger families
- Work-Life helps employees managing work and family responsibilities
- Work-Life allows parents to be more involved in their children's lives
