Work Life Balance Articles

Business » Work Life Balance | By Matthias Zeitler @ Tuesday, 1st January 2008 @ 3:41 AM

Buying gifts for people is not always a simple task. It is one thing to buy a gift for someone you are close to, but what do you do when you are trying to find the perfect or proper gift for a colleague or manager? What do you buy? How much should you spend? What is the occasion? Is it better to buy a group gift? One of the first things you need to do is to set the price. This will allow you to narrow down your search and prevent you from getting out of control as well. If you are buying ... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Obinna Heche @ Sunday, 23rd December 2007 @ 9:48 PM

When looking for a way to get money out of your computer, it is easy to go to your favorite search engine and type in work at home or computer work at home but the trouble is that many of the opportunities that pop up in the results are for network marketing positions. If you really want to search for job you can do at home on your computer, you have to be more specific with your search terms. For example, if you are interested in typing jobs at home, the kind where the people send you ha... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Matthias Zeitler @ Saturday, 22nd December 2007 @ 11:35 AM

When we want to give the proper gift to someone we must take into consideration many aspects related to that person. Knowing exactly what that person likes and how he or she spends the time is very important for purchasing the perfect gift when a special occasion occurs. If that person is important to you and you really want to get an amazing present then you should study everything from the clothes and jewelry he or she wears to the gestures he or she has. An important aspect from this ... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Tony Colon @ Tuesday, 18th December 2007 @ 9:18 AM

Operating a home business is seldom easy and interruptions come in all shapes, sizes and forms. Between the family, friends and neighbors who call or come by, and the telemarketers who insist on ringing your number off the hook, getting through the workday can be a real challenge. When you introduce children into the home office environment, your productivity and patience can be seriously tested. For example, right now my five-year old son is pulling on my shirt and beggi... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Tony Colon @ Tuesday, 18th December 2007 @ 8:00 AM

Every morning as people wake up and make the commute to work, many dream of the day when they will finally work for themselves. Every time the boss lets someone know that they must give up their weekend plans for the good of the company, people contemplate the benefits of being the owner of their own business. Are you one of these people? If you are, it is important to ask yourself some very important questions before you make the uncertain leap into self-employment. Many dr... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Tony Colon @ Tuesday, 18th December 2007 @ 6:39 AM

When you are the owner of a home business, you will find hundreds of distractions that vie for your time, energy and focus. Common distractions include: children, family, friends, neighbors, pets, phone calls, mail, household chores, video games, television, neighborhood children, visitors, and so many more. As an owner of a home based business, you must always remember your purpose in bringing your profession home. What was your reason for wanting to own a home business? Was your ... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Art Gib @ Sunday, 16th December 2007 @ 7:48 AM

Employee satisfaction is directly related to a business' level of productivity. Fun team building activities, such as corporate scavenger hunts, can greatly improve a company's production through strengthening employees' job satisfaction. In today's world, the corporate and industrial business culture holds an increasingly strong influence. As businesses and corporations become an increasingly integral part of the fabric that holds our civilization together, it becomes... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Robert Williams @ Friday, 14th December 2007 @ 11:50 AM

Of course, we all know exercise is good for us, even if we don't do it. It can help us stay at a healthy weight, increase metabolism, boost our immune system function, and so on. One thing many of us might not know, though, is that it's also good for business. Why is this so? Because exercise keeps us healthier in general, we call in sick less often. It also boosts emotional health as well as physical health, so we are more motivated when we're at work. How Does It I... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Bill Lee-Emery @ Thursday, 6th December 2007 @ 11:22 PM

If managing your time is important; then learning how to manage your energy is vital. Here's why. Perhaps you can run fast in your corporate world but how well can you recover your energy? Elite athletes plan recovery cycles into their intense training program. Over-training is madness and they know it. Yet many corporate warriors have not made the important connection between recovery and productivity, at least not yet. You may be familiar with this scenario. Joe did not get a good... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Bill Lee-Emery @ Thursday, 6th December 2007 @ 1:33 AM

You have probably heard the saying, 'Plan your work and work your plan'. With work life balance in mind, I would like to add, 'Plan your work and plan your play'. Without planning your work-life balance program effectively, you run the risk of poor family relationships, deteriorating health, illness and disease. Moreover, you probably will not be as effective and productive at work. The ideal is to create a healthy family life and a fulfilling career. Both are possible... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Bill Lee-Emery @ Tuesday, 4th December 2007 @ 7:39 PM

When my daughter was very young, she would wander into my office and want to chatter, see what I was doing and generally get my undivided attention. In the early days I tried to multitask and distract her while I continued to write that very important letter, or finish the project I was working on. Then I would feel guilty that I was wasting our precious time together on work stuff when I could be enjoying my time with her. I swear I could hear the song 'Cat's in The Cradle' comin... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Bill Lee-Emery @ Monday, 3rd December 2007 @ 8:30 PM

Do you have a big enough reason to change your poor work-life balance habits? This is your starting point. Is this you? Some years ago, a close friend had an angina attack. He had been married for a few years and they had a young daughter. He was under extreme pressure in his job, long hours were common and he ate on the run, mostly fast food takeaways. There was little work-life balance in his busy life. He was in his early thirties and being a father of a young child had an effect. I... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Jonathon Hardcastle @ Tuesday, 20th November 2007 @ 11:35 AM

Not being stressed at work isn't a gift that some people possess; it is in fact an effort that only a few of us manage to put into our lives successfully. The truth is that we take more time thinking how to solve a problem we get into rather than thinking of how to avoid the problem from occurring in the first place. Stress at work has a similar story. Almost all of us get stressed at work very easily and very few of us manage to avoid it, though the solutions are very simple. The m... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Mike Tansey @ Tuesday, 6th November 2007 @ 5:47 PM

Owning any type of business can be stressful, but operating an online business has unique stressors that traditional business owners escape. Servers crashing, HTML problems, power outages, pay per click rates, affiliate programs, unique content, unique visitors, keyword performance, search engine optimization and spam can all add up to one giant online headache. So how do you cope with the stress of running an online business? Surprisingly, the answer is often found on the Internet. Join... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Sean Burton @ Monday, 5th November 2007 @ 6:10 AM

You have to spend time thinking and planning. This requires learning how to think. It requires learning how to plan. The more you research, think and plan, the easier it will be for you to execute your plan. This is quite important and another problem area I have noticed between those who succeed and those who don't. Successful people plan and think. They are always thinking. Unsuccessful marketers look for the easy street. Successful marketers think of their plans while... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Sean Burton @ Monday, 5th November 2007 @ 6:04 AM

This is an important part of achievement and success. Most internet marketers I have run across, who are not a success, fall into this problem as well. They do not have control of their own lives or the direction it is going. Instead, they are reactive. Everyone has a choice to be pro-active or reactive. If you allow your bills, frustrations, friends, co-workers and bosses to decide the direction of your life, you will find it very difficult to succeed. On the other hand, if ... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Obinna Heche @ Sunday, 28th October 2007 @ 9:19 PM

Regardless of whether you work from home or not, working long hours is not productive or emotionally fulfilling after awhile. Even though you may be extremely busy, working ten or twelve hours may not help you catch up since there will always be more work for you to accomplish. Learning how not to be a workaholic takes time and discipline but with a little practice, you will be able to find a balance between your work and your life. If people are always commenting on the amount of time y... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Obinna Heche @ Sunday, 28th October 2007 @ 7:34 PM

Many feel they are comfortable with the life and job they currently have. However, when you consider the benefits you can have by changing from your current job to a life of a home based business owner you may join the many that are considering this option today. Depending on how focused you work you could complete a weeks worth of work in just two days and have the rest of the week to spend with family or doing your favorite hobby. In addition, home based businesses are very mobile s... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Suzanne Holman @ Thursday, 25th October 2007 @ 9:34 PM

"How in the world can I keep all these ever-increasing plates in the air?" Have you ever asked yourself that question? Running a business efficiently and giving your clients excellent service can be very demanding. Letting one of the plates fall can tarnish your reputation and it is difficult to restore your credibility. Women in any profession, more than their male counterparts, have to prove themselves constantly to be successful. This is particularly true in the male-... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Floyd Bogart @ Friday, 19th October 2007 @ 10:21 PM

You have to have a roadmap to get to your desired destination. You are going to get somewhere, so it might as well be where YOU want to go... * A Specific USP (Unique Sales Proposition). What is it that you want your prospects to do, buy, sign up for? You would be surprised how many people that are marketing online don't really know what they want their prospects to do. Mine is simple, and everything that I do is designed to eventually expose people to it. * A Specifi... more...