Work Life Balance Articles

Business » Work Life Balance | By David Burch @ Wednesday, 11th July 2007 @ 3:34 PM

The first thing to do is to think about the types of things you might like to outsource. Whether it is internet research, bill paying, online shopping, sending emails or snail mail, or even making telephone calls, your virtual personal assistant will be able to do anything that you can do remotely. Now imagine yourself in that position. You have someone on top of all those tasks. All it takes is one quick email from you in the morning, and by the following morning, you have a list of comp... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Saleem Rana @ Wednesday, 11th July 2007 @ 12:56 AM

The reality is everyone subconsciously sets goals throughout their day. There are always occasions where something has to be done at a particular time or place. Simple examples could be getting up at a certain time in order to be at work, or to meet with a friend for a leisure activity. The main hurdle that most people face is the incorrect assumption that goals are only for business or sales-minded people. Probably the hardest part of setting goals is the first ste... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By David Burch @ Tuesday, 10th July 2007 @ 12:39 PM

Have you ever wished you had more time to do the things you really love? Do you want to stop doing the things in your life that consume all your time, and be more productive with your time? Wish you had your own personal assistant to handle the details of life? You know that you can buy possessions, houses, and things. Well, now you can buy your time as well!Big business already does this on a daily basis, and you can too. You can live the life of your dreams, and it's all through the power... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Jim Brown @ Friday, 6th July 2007 @ 8:14 PM

The hectic decision making and one's job performance can cause enormous stress in one's life. Some days one may have little or no chance to complete one single sentence with a coworker. Breaks and lunch are about the only times one may have to social interact. Time away from the job pressures can give one a whole new outlook on the stressful problem. Often the workplace may schedule one's breaks between morning and afternoon. This is been known to be good practice in relie... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Obinna Heche @ Wednesday, 6th June 2007 @ 11:58 AM

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 Dalida Turkovic @ Monday, 28th May 2007 @ 9:06 PM

If you want to initiate change in your life, start small. This has long been been my personal philosophy, but one I found I had to defend when applying it to business. In business, people tend to want to think big, project big, a big logo - they present themselves big to imply that great results will follow. I took comfort in the Chinesse philosopher, Lao Tze's wisdom: "If you want to be fast, go slow" and it all fell into place, as his solid explanation justified my approach. more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Dalida Turkovic @ Monday, 28th May 2007 @ 9:05 PM

The first time I heard about the term work-life balance I was surprised that anybody even thought of balancing the two. Wasn't that like counting apples and oranges? Still, the idea was quite exciting and I thought I'd explore it a bit more: I thought long and hard about what kind of working hours I wanted to have, what kind of office, how many people. By means of visualization all of that became a clear image that I was drawn to. Interestingly enough my enjoyment of the visions... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Dirk Zeller @ Saturday, 19th May 2007 @ 6:48 PM

There are two key words that lead to success in life. These words control the successful outcome of your business, marriage, and many other areas of life. Although you may have incredible talent and skill in life, you will fail if you do not master these two words- and vice versa. Even if you have only limited talent and skill, you will win if you live by them. These two words determine your future. They are attitude and expectation. If you have a positive, forward-looking attitude,... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By scott young @ Tuesday, 15th May 2007 @ 1:04 PM

We all know how important it is to work hard to get your home business up and running and off the ground. We also know that when your home business is located right in your home, it is all too easy to get a few extra hours of work in after you eat dinner, or to get up early to work a little bit more in the morning. However, the fact remains that most of the people who are working at home businesses have decided to do this so that they can control what hours they work, and so that they ca... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Stephanie Foster @ Friday, 11th May 2007 @ 12:36 AM

Anyone who runs a home business wants it to be successful. It's a way to reach your dreams, whether they be to simply earn enough to pay your bills or to change your entire lifestyle. It can be a lot of pressure. But that pressure can be both a good thing and a bad thing. You can read plenty of stories about people who succeeded beyond their wildest dreams because they had to succeed. And it's certainly true that needing to succeed can provide that drive that will eventually mak... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Obinna Heche @ Friday, 27th April 2007 @ 8:29 PM

Many people have often thought that in order to run a home business you need to have gone to college or have a college degree. Well, this is something that can not easily be solved with a simple yes or no answer, because like everything it depends on the circumstances. First of all, going to college can do wonders for getting a regular job. Many employers look at what you did in college as a way to judge whether you are right for the job or not and many employers will pick someone who has go... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By scott young @ Friday, 27th April 2007 @ 7:51 PM

Like any business, a home business needs to be nurtured in order for it to be successful. You can't just sit back and hope that it is going to take care of itself, and that the single action of having a website and submitting it to search engines to allow potential customers to find it is going to do the trick. No matter what you may have been told, there is no business that is going to make money for you without you having to do some work to make it happen. Yes, they teach y... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Obinna Heche @ Thursday, 19th April 2007 @ 6:09 PM

There are many people in this world who are in jobs that they hate. They do not like to get up every day and go to jobs that they do not enjoy and they simply are not happy doing jobs that they do not have any interest in. These people are not happy at work, which means that they struggle to be happy when they are not at work, as it is often hard to separate work from life and most people find it very difficult to make sure they are not bringing their attitudes about work into their out of work ... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Suzanne Holman @ Monday, 2nd April 2007 @ 10:16 AM

Do you pride yourself on being a magnificent multitasker? Do you feel as though you can accomplish everything on your list only if you multitask? There are more and more studies being done about how the brain operates when we are doing more than one thing at a time. Concern over the safety of using cell phones while driving has spurred some of the research. People are talking on their phone, eating or smoking, and driving all at the same time. There is no wonder that errors of judge... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Brian Armstrong @ Friday, 30th March 2007 @ 4:25 PM

I think back on my time working for someone else and almost have to laugh now. It seems so distant and far away that it isn't even real to me anymore! But I have to remind myself how I felt at the time...back when I had zero work life balance. The mornings were the worst. I had to leave earlier and earlier to get to work on time with all the traffic. Each morning an epic battle was waged just to get out of bed. On one side was my sense of obligation; on the other was the snooz... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Abhishek Lodha @ Thursday, 29th March 2007 @ 1:35 PM

Many of us struggle every day to do what we think is demanded of us - and there are still a group of people who feel that compared to their work schedule, there are not enough hours in a day. That takes a toll physically, mentally and economically and chronic stress can lead to an increase in blood pressure and stress hormones and perhaps can even be the cause of a heart disease. If you feel that you have absolutely lost control over your day to day routine, do not throw out tantrums or ... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Suzanne Holman @ Tuesday, 20th March 2007 @ 6:04 AM

No matter what your time zone is, you have 24 hours a day. It doesn't matter when or if you change to and from daylight savings time. You still have 24 hours a day. Humans have 24 hours a day. It's the same for all creatures of our planet! How is it that some people don't seem to "have time" to do anything and others have such full lives? It used to be we would talk about coach potatoes, people addicted to TV. An even bigger problem for many of us is ... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Adam Kayce @ Tuesday, 6th March 2007 @ 9:53 PM

Imagine a red-eyed, drooling timber wolf breathing over your shoulder while you sit at your computer. Your fingers tremble... the monitor fogs up... but still, you're trying to type those emails. Pretty soon, though, your fear gets the best of you. And when that happens, working becomes very, very difficult. You procrastinate, avoid, daydream; anything to not have to face the feeling that at any moment, that wolf could get... hungry. Far fetched? Not really... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Brad Miller @ Thursday, 22nd February 2007 @ 5:59 PM

The first two days after losing your job can be crucial to setting the tone of your recovery plan. Start with high energy and you'll build positive momentum to help you through. The tips below are organized by hour starting from the end of the work day. Zero Hour: Stay positive! Stay rational. Whatever you do, you have to keep your attitude positive. You'll need all your energy to land on your feet. The last thing you need is to start feeling sorry for yourself or fillin... more...

Business » Work Life Balance | By Martin Chandra @ Wednesday, 21st February 2007 @ 1:06 PM

Being a spare room entrepreneur is more than just a way of making a living, it is a way of living your life. It isn't an easy way to live. In the past, being in business independently was the norm, and people typically worked and lived in the same place. That isn't the case today, when most people are employees. Everyone from the tax collector to our mothers would understand us better if we would just go out and get a job. Moreover, many of us who choose independence make... more...