The Problems :
Everyday we observe the examples of classic corporate warriors : Eating too much,drinking too much,working too hard and neglecting the family.
Everybody needs balance. The easiest way to balance work and life is don't work at all !!. Not a very useful proposition to have especially when the money runs out..:)
I have spent huge time in isolation from work to deduce four very obvious but neglected observations:
On one hand putting child care facilites in office is wonderful, but on the other hand spending your nights in the bloody office is a nightmare.
We have to be responsible for setting the boundaries in our life.
We need to be careful about the time frame that we choose for our work.
Don't fool yourself that you will have a life when you retire.You won't be having any modes of interest in life by then when you health is ailing,your wife gets old, your kids are busy and you look out for all the things that you missed out.
The Solution:
"The solution is that we need to approach balance in a balanced way !"
Life primarily has 4 aspects which need to be balanced.
-Bhaskar Tripathi
"It is our wits that make us men!"
Everyday we observe the examples of classic corporate warriors : Eating too much,drinking too much,working too hard and neglecting the family.
Everybody needs balance. The easiest way to balance work and life is don't work at all !!. Not a very useful proposition to have especially when the money runs out..:)
I have spent huge time in isolation from work to deduce four very obvious but neglected observations:
- If society is to make any progress on this issue we need an honest debate.
- The problem is that so many people talk so much rubbish over this issue. Be it flexi time,dress down fridays or paternity leave or any other crap which is meant for be-fooling people.Some jobs are fundamentally incompatible to the nature of life some people want.
- Every day 1000s and 1000s of people keep screaming about their jobs and keep slogging for hours on day to day basis just to buy the daily grocery and to impress the people they don't like.
- The important issue is that governmet and corporations are not going to solve this issue for us.
So stop looking outside.It is up to us as individuals to take control over the type of life we want to live.
If you don't design your life, someone else would design it for you.They just not like your idea of balance. It is particularly important that you never put the quality of your life in the hands of a commercial corporation.Now I am not just talking about the bad companies, but I am talking about all companies.Because commercial companies are designed to get as much out of you as they can get away with. It's in their nature, its in their DNA, its what they do. Even the good, well intentioned companies.
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We have to be responsible for setting the boundaries in our life.
We need to be careful about the time frame that we choose for our work.
Don't fool yourself that you will have a life when you retire.You won't be having any modes of interest in life by then when you health is ailing,your wife gets old, your kids are busy and you look out for all the things that you missed out.
The Solution:
"The solution is that we need to approach balance in a balanced way !"
Life primarily has 4 aspects which need to be balanced.
- Physical
- Emotional
- Intellectual
- Spiritual
Balancing your life means : Don't let your Intellectual aspect dominate the Physical or Emotional aspect or vice-versa. Striking the right balance is imperative.
- Physical - Join a gym or run or play a sport everyday to balance the Physical aspect,
- Emotional - Spend qulity time for your parents,wife,girl friend. Play with your pets.
- Intellectual - Think about things other than work. Give solutions to different problems not associated with daily work.
- Spiritual - Medidate.Yoga.Know yourself.
-Bhaskar Tripathi
"It is our wits that make us men!"
