Work Life Balance

...

Often the most tactical thing to do with yourself is dummy work. And one of the best reasons to get organized is to take advantage of that. "Dummy" ...

"How do I set priorities?" Because I hear that so frequently, I assume most people think they could and should be doing it better. I have a radical ...

I recommend nine things anyone with a global job can do to help improve work/life balance, especially with small children.

Have you noticed that things often take longer than they should? Because of that, it's unwise to hang our emotional hats on the completion of any fu...

It's time to purge. The end of a year is a great metaphorical event to use to enhance a critical aspect of your constructive creativity -- get rid o...

A core issue of life and work is this: At any point in time, are you appropriately putting the right amount of attention on the right thing? Are you d...

Few people have many good reference points for self-forgiveness and a sense of humor in this world of increasingly too much to do.

I think we all agree that employers need to do more to retain off-ramping women and to make the work environment more family friendly. But I do think that it also requires an attitude shift on our end as women and as mothers in that at some point we do have to make some choices.

I'm often asked "Are we really living in a different world than the 'old days?'" Is there something uniquely stressful about the world as we're experi...

I say, when you have two kids under two, you've just gone back to work, your husband has been traveling and your nanny has been on vacation for two weeks, you can't put a price on staying put.

I think I had a brush with teleportation (or something like it) last week.

You're the one that's weird in thinking "work" and "personal" are different things. In the history of the planet only in the last dozen decades have people assumed these were different, and I don't imagine that farmers or most craftspeople ever have.

For those back at work after a recent heart attack, here is something else to think about along with cholesterol, blood pressure and diet: the job. A...

Although I spend most of my time talking about getting ahead in your life and career, for a lot of young professionals, there's a big white elephant in room any time career plans come up: What about starting a family? Whether you're a man or a woman, it's bound to be something you've discussed casually or pondered, if not completely obsessed about for years. Either way, with so many young people starting families or beginning to think about it, I thought I would address the other side of the work-life balance spectrum (and what tends to tip the scales the most): Babies!