Work Life Balance Articles

Business » Work Life Balance | By Heather Richards @ Friday, 22nd August 2008 @ 6:46 PM

When you begin your journey to operating your own small business, one of the first things that you can realize is just how much pressure and stress you can be under. Without doubt, your small business will add a number of new responsibilities and concerns which can begin to dominate your life and not the reason why you first embarked on the own your own business journey. While it is extremely important to commit and devote yourself to your personal projects, spending too much time stressing abou... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Adrian McLean @ Friday, 15th August 2008 @ 4:17 AM

If you have a small business or company that employs a few people, you may have heard of the term - payroll services. It is plastered all over the internet, especially in the sectors that relate to businesses or new businesses. Thousands of companies offer you their payroll services for this fee or that fee, all trying to be better than the rest. Have you ever stopped and asked yourself, what is a payroll service? The best way to describe company payroll services is to say that it is a ma... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Maxine Clarke @ Wednesday, 13th August 2008 @ 8:00 AM

A report published by Chiumento - a leading UK human resources company - has shown that the number of UK employees taking a regular lunch break away from their desk has significantly diminished as worries over job security has grown. The research indicated that only 16 percent of employees regularly take a full hour on at least three occasions in working week. The announcement will be seen by many as a clear indication that the modern day employee faces further unnecessary stress at a ti... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Cash Miller @ Friday, 25th July 2008 @ 4:15 AM

We often forget about ourselves because of how hectic our lives have become. So many things need to be accomplished each day and there never seems to be enough time to do it all. Eventually you find yourself working later and later. Then you start putting in time on the weekends. Eventually you are at work more than you are at home. Your business has become your life. It doesn't need to be this way though. Not if you lay down some ground rules for yourself. If you have a family they... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Matt Chang @ Thursday, 24th July 2008 @ 2:18 AM

Are you the person that can never get anything done? Do you feel like your work day is always moving faster than you can? Or are you the eternal procrastinator? Whatever the reason, there's never seems to be enough time in the day to get everything done. But, here's the good thing. There's tons of things you can do to improve your efficiency and gain back some of that lost time. Let's take a look at eight solid things you can do today to improve your work and time effic... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Matt Chang @ Tuesday, 22nd July 2008 @ 6:37 PM

Working long hours can take it's toll on your back. They say that it is important to get a good bed as you spend a large portion of time in that piece of furniture, but it is the same with a work chair. This is a common scenario for everyone--we are often too engrossed in doing our work that we oftentimes forget that it is very important for us to be seated comfortably as possible. Before you know it, neglecting your back can create future problems. While more costly, it is often worth the... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Steve Driver @ Tuesday, 22nd July 2008 @ 12:29 PM

A home based business is just as much work as any other business and takes extreme amount of dedication and determination. Working hard each and everyday in the beginning is going to be something that you will need to do. You will need to invest time and money into your home business to keep it running. After all of that hard work you put in you are going to have a business that you are in control of. This means that you will have more freedom then you ever experienced working for anyone ... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Patrick Omari @ Saturday, 12th July 2008 @ 6:30 PM

The United Kingdom has embraced the return of the 'long hours culture'. Over 3 million people have begun working over a 48 hour week. The number of people working long hours increased at a faster rate over the last year than the decline in excessive working between 1998 and 2006. The recent increase in working hours could be the result of the challenging economic climate, which has made employers more reluctant to recruit new staff, leading to existing employees having to work harder. ... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Ted Hebert @ Sunday, 6th July 2008 @ 10:06 PM

Technology today makes it possible to easily connect to your work computer from anywhere over the internet. Smart phones make it easy to send and receive email from just about anywhere. And of course, having that cell phone makes it possible to reach, or be reached by, anyone, anytime of day or night. All this technology should make us more productive, but in many cases it can lead to less productivity. In the old days you went to work for 8-10 hours a day, then went home to rest up for t... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Lana Hawkins @ Saturday, 28th June 2008 @ 8:50 AM

Regarding work and life most people fit into one of these four categories: (1) No time, and no money. If you are an employee, chances are this describes the way you feel. You can't go shopping on a Tuesday afternoon or tell your boss to take a hike. How will you even be able to afford to send your kids to college, save for retirement or even think of having a life today with no time and no money? (2) No time, lots of money. Some so called successful self-employe... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Matt Duke @ Monday, 19th May 2008 @ 6:02 AM

There is an inner urge in many of us to succeed and do well in life. For some people this may be measured by their income, their family or by material possessions in their care. How do you measure success? Your salary? The car you drive? A happy marriage? Children? In order to have a happy and full life you need to define what is important to you, so that you can achieve it. For the purposes of our lesson here, lets assume that you want to find happiness in your life. For ... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Ron Richardson @ Tuesday, 6th May 2008 @ 4:02 PM

Parents are often plagued by more work at home pitfalls than those without kids, just because kids bring a new element into the mix that stirs up more opportunity for interruptions and sometimes means less space is available for the work area. The first thing you want to do when trying to balance your home life with your Internet marketing business is carve out a space that is dedicated to your internet marketing endeavors. It doesn't have to be a lot of space - as long as you have ... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Piercarla Garusi @ Monday, 28th April 2008 @ 6:43 AM

I am sure you would agree that the most important resource of a business is not really the product or service, nor in the customers; it is actually in the employees, without whom the business would not exist. And if the employees are not well then the performance decreases, and with it the productivity. In fact, our performance and personal productivity is strictly linked to the way we feel, to our emotional state. There are so many reasons for which we might temporarily feel stressed or... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Veronica Robbins @ Tuesday, 15th April 2008 @ 2:37 PM

There's no doubt about it - operating a small business can be stressful. This may be troubling since so many entrepreneurs start their businesses to get away from the stress of working for someone else. Because of this, you may not be prepared for the stress, and that just makes it worse. Why is it so stressful to start and operate a small business? There can be many reasons. If you are working your small business part-time while you are still working your regular job f... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Glen Smith @ Tuesday, 8th April 2008 @ 1:40 AM

You might think that some people are just naturally successful and others are not. Perhaps that is true but I have discovered that achieving success is a skill. It cuts across most areas of human activity including health and fitness, gambling and investments. I already have a black-belt in karate but I am now training in a mixed-martial arts style and my instructor wants me to attempt my black-belt grading in this style in about 2 months from now. I received a syllabus of what I must... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Eric Corl @ Tuesday, 1st April 2008 @ 3:48 PM

These words are easy to say, but not always so easy to do. Nowhere is this truer than in your fight to invent something new or grow a prevailing business. As you strive to bring your vision to life, you will face countless obstacles and barriers to success. These obstacles can take on many different shapes and forms. Whether it is someone stealing your ideas, business partners flaking out, or even loved ones leaving you behind, the life of a creator is an ongoing test of wills. Can you learn to ... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Steve Albright @ Tuesday, 11th March 2008 @ 5:14 PM

Trying to find the right home business opportunity online these days is a fairly daunting procedure. However, if you know how to weed out the majority of bogus information that is out there and only choose from the home business opportunities that actually have value you greatly increase your chance of finding the right business. Some of the work at home businesses that you can choose from include selling Info products, selling on auctions, physically shipping hard goods, marketing books,... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Craig Miller @ Monday, 3rd March 2008 @ 4:36 AM

Have you ever felt like no matter how hard you try you just can't get ahead? It is almost like you are attracting new obstacles into your life. The truth is that you just may be. The obstacles in our lives hate the positive, and they are attracted to the negatives. It is amazing how much I find myself thinking and acting in response to what I perceive as the negatives in my life. This focus always ends up leading to fear, anxiety, and seeing obstacles as bigger than they are. ... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Catherine Harvey @ Sunday, 2nd March 2008 @ 10:28 AM

The boss was losing his mind big style. His temperament was becoming erratic, his bad moods famous and his physical appearance was fast going downhill. There was office gossip regarding his personal life. Apparently, his wife was having some kind of mid-life crisis and had taken off with a much younger toy boy. The other girls in the office thought it was more likely that she had seen the light and had enough of him. A respected colleague took him to one side, pointing out some of ... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Kenneth Scott @ Saturday, 1st March 2008 @ 12:29 PM

Hard work is rewarding. There are no two opinions about it. The body and mind, however, need a break to enable them to function at optimum efficiency levels. That is one facet of hard work that most of us fail to realize. In situations where you are trying to make a niche for yourself for a quantum jump in life later on, you tend to forget that you need to give a rest to your mind and body periodically. Many working couples get so occupied with their work and deadlines that they fail to g... more...