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Four-day week trial: study finds lower stress but no cut in outputFebruary 19, 2019 at 6:03 AM Study of trial at New Zealand firm finds staff were both happier and more productive Analysis of one of the biggest trials yet of the four-day working week has revealed no fall in output, decreases in stress and increased staff engagement, fuelling hopes that a better work-life-balance for millions could finally be in sight.Perpetual Guardian, a New Zealand financial services company, switched its 240 staff from a five-day week to a four-day week last November and maintained their pay. Productiv...Tags: Money, UK News, World news, Work & careers, Work-life balance, New Zealand, Perpetual Guardian 25 people like this. Like It’s time to switch to a four-day working week, say these two Davos expertsFebruary 19, 2019 at 6:10 PM  Tags: Psychology, Work, Productivity, Happiness, Economy, Creativity, Pennsylvania, Work-life balance, Innovation, New Zealand, OECD, Henry Ford, Wharton School, Adam Grant, Cubicle, Rutger Bregman 51 people like this. Like 7 Ways to Improve Work-Life Balance Beginning TodayFebruary 18, 2019 at 11:07 PM  Tags: Featured, Work Life Balance, Time Management, Lifehacks, Self Improvement, Pickthebrain 67 people like this. Like Burned out and overwhelmed: should you embrace the joy of no?February 18, 2019 at 12:59 AM Once we were pressured to acquire things and do more with our lives. Now, we’re being told to declutter our homes and diaries. What happened to just being ourselves? What brings you joy? It is a question that is hard to avoid these days, as joy seems to be the new buzzword. It is on the cover of two new books, The Joy of No (#Jono) by Debbie Chapman, published at the end of last year, and The Joy of Missing Out, by the philosopher and psychologist Svend Brinkmann, published earlier this month. I...Tags: Psychology, Science, Life and style, Netflix, Health & wellbeing, Work-life balance, Chapman, Marie Kondo, Kondo, Jono, Brinkmann, Debbie Chapman, Svend Brinkmann, Chapman Brinkmann 12 people like this. Like We Reject the Side HustleFebruary 13, 2019 at 4:15 PM  Tags: Career, Work Life Balance, Lifehacks, Side Hustles, Preserving Sanity 149 people like this. Like Vacationing and Work Life BalanceFebruary 12, 2019 at 2:04 PM According to marriage.com, divorce lawyers estimate that entrepreneurs have divorce rates that are five to ten percentage points higher than the national average in the U.S. The good news is that the U.S. average has been dropping and the divorce rate is now well below the oft-referenced ‘50%’. A big reason for the higher divorce […]Tags: Sales, Work-life balance, Management Team, Small Business Owners, Vacationing 46 people like this. Like 7 top CEOs on the one thing that makes their mornings more productiveFebruary 11, 2019 at 3:30 PM  Tags: Productivity, Arianna Huffington, Happiness, Success, Hack, Creativity, Work-life balance, Innovation, Jeff Bezos, Oprah, Sundar Pichai, Gary Vaynerchuk, Huffington, Van Jones, Sundar Pichai Google, Haney 148 people like this. Like The Real Mommy War Is Against the StateFebruary 10, 2019 at 6:46 AM Stop blaming yourselves. Blame the total lack of social supports.Tags: Europe, News, Sweden, Parenting, Work-life balance, Italy, United States Politics and Government, Women and Girls, Paid Time Off 24 people like this. Like When You Feel Uninspired at Work—And Can’t QuitFebruary 6, 2019 at 6:30 AM It’s another day at the office. Another boring, blah day. In fact, lately every day has felt this way. You’ve even thought about leaving, maybe fantasized about it on your lunch break or while sitting in another meeting you didn’t really need to attend.
But right now, that’s not an option. Because money is tight. Because you’re the breadwinner. Because you carry the benefits for your family. Because you’re trying to get a mortgage or pay off your credit card debt. Because of any number of—valid,...Tags: Psychology, General, New York City, Happiness, Inspiration, Work Life Balance, Self-help, Creativity, Boredom, Mental Health And Wellness, Industrial And Workplace, Success & Achievement, Career Goals, JILL JACINTO, Jacinto, Meneghello 9 people like this. Like Fixes: When It’s Hard to Make Ends Meet, Can Smart Apps Help?February 5, 2019 at 1:29 PM From managing the government’s SNAP food-assistance program to paying parking tickets on time or using payday loans, new technology can guide low-income people through complexity.Tags: News, New York City, United States, Work-life balance, Payday Loans, Michigan, Code For America, Vermont, Food Stamps, Agriculture Department, Wages and Salaries, Mobile Applications, Budgets and Budgeting, Snap Inc, San Francisco (Calif, Amnesties 36 people like this. Like Fixes: Navigating Bureaucracy? Try TechnologyFebruary 4, 2019 at 11:35 PM From managing the government’s SNAP food-assistance program to paying parking tickets on time or using payday loans, new apps can guide low-income people through complexity.Tags: News, New York City, United States, Work-life balance, Payday Loans, Michigan, Code For America, Vermont, Food Stamps, Agriculture Department, Wages and Salaries, Mobile Applications, Budgets and Budgeting, Snap Inc, San Francisco (Calif, Amnesties 46 people like this. Like Why Happiness Is the Ultimate CurrencyFebruary 4, 2019 at 11:45 AM My friend Avi is a great barber. His customers, myself included, refer to his golden hands — his ability to satisfy my son’s desire to look like Ronaldo, or a woman’s desire before her daughter’s wedding to look like Grace Kelly. Putting his phenomenal skills together with his sound business sense, Avi could have easily expanded his business far beyond his little salon.
So I asked him one day why he chose not to grow his business by adding a bigger place in a more central location in the city, o...Tags: Psychology, Happiness, Work Life Balance, Personal, Self-help, Ronaldo, Humility, Gratitude, Motivation And Inspiration, Industrial And Workplace, Success & Achievement, Career Goals, Grace Kelly, Carl Jung, Fort Knox, Avi 18 people like this. Like Noted: The ‘Winter Friday’ Off Is Now a ThingFebruary 1, 2019 at 3:19 PM Three-day weekends are an antidote to seasonal doldrums and workaholism.Tags: News, Work-life balance, Paid Time Off, Working Hours, Winter (Season, Your-feed-selfcare 31 people like this. Like Work Friend: Everyone DiesFebruary 1, 2019 at 12:09 PM Before we go, at least there’ll be work.Tags: News, Work-life balance, Personal Finances, Careers and Professions, Your-feed-selfcare 20 people like this. Like How to use tea to biohack your mood, stress, and productivityJanuary 29, 2019 at 10:51 AM  Tags: Health, Productivity, Sleep, China, Mental Health, Brain, Medical Research, Williams, Work-life balance, Innovation, Plants, Grant, Camellia, Biomechanics, Gallagher, Ilex 149 people like this. Like How to balance your real estate career and personal lifeJanuary 28, 2019 at 5:35 PM When describing her unique family situation onstage at ICNY, Stephanie Lanier explained, ”We really got into real estate for the flexibility and the financial income — remember why you’re doing it.”Tags: Radio, Work-life balance, Agent, Industry News, Select, Georiga, Stephanie Lanier 2 people like this. Like Work-Life Balance Is Impossible—Here’s What to Strive for InsteadJanuary 28, 2019 at 8:20 AM As a businesswoman, entrepreneur, and mom, I’m here to tell you something that may come as a shock: I can’t find a work-life balance—because it doesn’t exist.
If you’re like other busy moms, in moments of desperation you may have googled “work-family balance,” “how to prioritize,” or “advice for working women wanting it all.” There are certainly a lot of articles out there giving advice on these topics, but the problem is, it’s all “click bait.” With my hectic schedule, I know for a fact that ba...Tags: Google, Sales, Work-life balance, Silicon Valley, Women In Business, Your Career, Garnysh 23 people like this. Like Work-Life Balance Is Impossible—Here’s What to Strive for InsteadJanuary 27, 2019 at 8:20 PM As a businesswoman, entrepreneur, and mom, I’m here to tell you something that may come as a shock: I can’t find a work-life balance—because it doesn’t exist.
If you’re like other busy moms, in moments of desperation you may have googled “work-family balance,” “how to prioritize,” or “advice for working women wanting it all.” There are certainly a lot of articles out there giving advice on these topics, but the problem is, it’s all “click bait.” With my hectic schedule, I know for a fact that ba...Tags: Google, Sales, Work-life balance, Silicon Valley, Women In Business, Your Career, Garnysh 12 people like this. Like How Busy Working Moms Can Take Meaningful BreaksJanuary 25, 2019 at 11:45 AM  Tags: Psychology, Facebook, General, Parenting, Happiness, Work Life Balance, Stress, Self-help, New York Times, Stress Reduction, Baby, Women's Issues, Motherhood, Mental Health And Wellness, Brody, Lauren Smith Brody 100 people like this. Like Work Friend: When Your Meat Suit Is Angry With Some Other, Louder Meat SuitJanuary 25, 2019 at 6:00 AM Life is just enacting feelings until we expire. And nothing else matters.Tags: News, Work-life balance, Personal Finances, Careers and Professions, Your-feed-selfcare 39 people like this. Like Business Vs. Family: 4 Tips For Finding A Successful BalanceJanuary 25, 2019 at 1:30 AM  Tags: Startups, Elon Musk, Work-life balance, Working From Home, Hilton Head Island, Thinking Aloud, Entrepreneur Advice, Peter Strauss, Peter J Strauss, Strauss Law Firm LLC 114 people like this. Like 15 surprising life lessons from a highly successful 80-year-oldJanuary 21, 2019 at 2:45 PM  Tags: Productivity, Business, Arianna Huffington, Life, Happiness, Creativity, Work-life balance, Innovation, Blackstone, Don, Byron Wien, Wien, Private Wealth Solutions Group 57 people like this. Like Attention is not a resource but a way of being alive to the worldJanuary 20, 2019 at 11:37 AM  Tags: Japan, Life, Happiness, Neuroscience, Mindfulness, Mental Health, Brain, Work-life balance, Innovation, Attention, Philosophy, Tokyo, Mind, Wilson, William James, Shibuya 146 people like this. Like From The Career Files: New Year’s Resolutions For LawyersJanuary 18, 2019 at 1:33 PM If we were honest with ourselves, we would admit that New Year’s Resolutions are rarely successfulTags: Law, Work-life balance, Lawyers, Career Goals, New Year's Resolutions, Career Center, Career Files, Associate Advice, ATL Career Center, Solo Practice, Big Law 37 people like this. Like Work Friend: If You Don’t Think Your Office Is a War Zone You Are Fooling YourselfJanuary 18, 2019 at 7:00 AM Men can’t tell the difference between fear and respect. They act accordingly.Tags: News, Work-life balance, Personal Finances, Careers and Professions, Your-feed-selfcare 13 people like this. Like The Kind of Judge We NeedJanuary 17, 2019 at 6:00 AM Patricia Wald was not an ambitious careerist but a lawyer who had lived a full life before joining the federal bench.Tags: News, Obama, Reagan, United States, Work-life balance, Women's Rights, Legal Profession, Kennedy, Barack, Clinton, Bush, Carter, George W, Jimmy, Wald, Robert Francis 17 people like this. Like Wealth inequality is literally killing us. The economy should work for everyone.January 17, 2019 at 6:00 AM  Tags: Security, Work, Uber, Journalism, Economics, Teaching, Mental Health, Work-life balance, Innovation, Inequality, Afford America 147 people like this. Like The Case for DowntimeJanuary 15, 2019 at 11:45 AM I’m scared of downtime. That’s right, relaxation is downright uncomfortable for me. Part of me craves it like every other human being. Yet as soon as it is here, I twitch. I pace the house. I don’t know what to do with my hands and my legs — even more importantly, my brain. Sometimes the quiet space is too intolerable so I fill it with mindless activities like scouring Facebook or checking how many Twitter followers I have.
My busyness is, at times, a defense mechanism whereby I can prove that I...Tags: Psychology, Facebook, Work Life Balance, Research, Stress, Personal, Self-help, New York Times, Relaxation, Chris, Industrial And Workplace, Memory And Perception, Megan, Kreider, Annapolis Maryland, Sara Robinson 20 people like this. Like Psychology’s five revelations for finding your true callingJanuary 14, 2019 at 4:53 PM  Tags: Psychology, Career, New York, Happiness, Mental Health, Work-life balance, Innovation, University of Pennsylvania, Mind, Oprah Winfrey, Duckworth, University of South Florida, Felipe Calderon, Columbia Business School, Angela Duckworth, Barack ObamaIf 129 people like this. Like 5 Good Reasons to Drop Out of CollegeJanuary 13, 2019 at 11:45 AM It’s January. If you are in college, January is a month where you can take a breather. First semester is over. So are the holidays. Now there is time to think. Have you been having doubts? Do you want to return for second semester? It is a choice, you know.
There are many good reasons both for personal growth and for long term financial health to stay in school. But college isn’t for everyone. It may not be for you or for you at this time. It’s not only okay but important for the return to se...Tags: Psychology, Grief, Family, Students, College, Work Life Balance, Self-help, Social Life, Time Management, Grieving, Grief And Loss, Children And Teens, Student Therapist, School Preparation, Drop Out of College 38 people like this. Like |
