Chapter 25 Section 8 Achieving Work-Life Balance

Annie spent 5 years thinking about it, and finally decided to change her job this year and resettle her body and mind again. She realized that happiness at work may be just a slight difference between 5.1 and 4.9. There is a ladder in the middle, and you may climb to The ladder in the middle has just the right balance and may only have gone one rung.Even so, you are making progress, and the buoy on the balance scale has moved forward one step. Anne has a law of life balance, which is used to check and balance work and life.She divides life into four parts: health, time, freedom and happiness, and assigns the proportion and order according to individual conditions.If each element is present, the attitudes and emotions reflected in the work will be more peaceful, thus achieving proper balance.If you stay in balance for a long time, you can think positively.Many experts urge that positive thinking can regulate work stress and clear unnecessary emotions.Office workers get closer to positive thinking people, which can reduce burnout.

Her approach is to allow only a moment of depression if things go terribly wrong.She's quick to change her mind: "Great, we've learned another trick, and we'll have a chance to try something else next time, so we don't think we're bad." Learn to work and learn to rest at the same time. Learning to let yourself breathe in the workplace is a science.Luo La, the general manager of a medium-sized computer company, takes a two-week vacation at least once a year, and there are several short two-day vacations in half a year. She doesn't necessarily go abroad, and sometimes she just goes to the mountains or the seaside.

If unexplained burnout feels imminent and a vacation is too far away, try taking a break from your busy schedule.A female writer revealed how she usually relieves burnout: "I occasionally take a half-day off to wander the streets, go shopping in bookstores, or find a quiet coffee shop to think about things. Leave some space for yourself in the busy, because It’s easy to suffocate if it’s overstuffed.” Rockefeller, the American oil magnate, was an expert in balancing work and life.Talking about work and life, he said, for so many years, the principle I have implemented is to work hard, enjoy well, and spend a little time being a father.But in hindsight, it's clear that the balance I picked had a detrimental effect on everyone else in my family and office.For example, my children were mostly raised by their mother alone.

Although the issue of work-life balance has always been a concern for many middle-aged people, it seems that it didn't really catch on until after I retired.In my past work, I have heard many questions about this.The most common is: "How do you have so much time to play ball and still be able to continue to do a good job as president?" I'm obviously not an expert on how individuals should prioritize the various parts of their lives.Besides, I've always thought that these choices should be down to the individual. Work-life balance is a transaction—a transaction between you and yourself for what you gain and what you lose.Balance means choices and trade-offs, and bear the corresponding consequences.Let's put ourselves in the shoes of your boss and think about work-life balance from a different position.

(1) Your boss's biggest concern is competitiveness.Of course he also wants you to be happy, but that's only because your happiness can help his company make money.In fact, if he does his job well, he can make your work attractive and your personal life seem less of a drag. The reason your boss pays you is because they expect you to give everything—your mind, your strength, your energy, your dedication. (2) Most bosses are very willing to coordinate the contradiction between the work and life of employees, if you can give him excellent performance.The key word here is "if".

(3) The bosses are very clear that the policy on work-life balance in the company handbook is mainly a recruitment tool for newcomers, while the real balance arrangement is obtained through separate negotiations on specific issues between the boss and the employees. The background is A mutually supportive corporate culture without the constant "but the company said...". (4) People who openly struggle with conflicting work-life issues and who frequently ask companies for help are seen as wavering, unqualified, unwilling to commit, or incompetent, or all of the above.Therefore, those who complain negatively always end up being marginalized.

So before you open your mouth for the fifth time to ask the company to reduce your travel, ask for Thursday mornings off, or wish to go home to babysit, you should know that you are making a statement.And no matter how you phrase it, your request will sound like, "I'm not really interested in working here." (5) Even the most magnanimous boss thinks that work-life balance is something you have to figure out yourself.In fact, most people also know that there are some strategies that can help you deal with this problem, and they want you to use them. There is no doubt that negotiating and coordinating this balance adds another layer of complexity to the manager's job.But your manager should welcome this challenge, because it will give him another way to motivate and retain good employees.This new approach works just as well as a big salary, bonus, promotion, or all other forms of recognition.

In the meantime, though, you can and should also learn to help yourself.The topic of work and life has been discussed for quite a long time, and many good experiences have been summarized.The very experienced bosses know these techniques, many of them have adopted them themselves, and they want you to learn them too. Through the passage above, we know that balancing work and life is the key factor for a person to achieve success in his career, and it is also an important reference standard for many companies when recruiting employees.A person who can handle a good work-life balance will neither be devoted to work like a workaholic, disregarding life, nor like a mediocre, unprofessional clerk who spends his days doing nothing.He should be a person who works efficiently, is full of energy, and is full of zest for life.