Discover the real cost of rigidly separating work and life through the Four Burners Theory—explore how outsourcing key burners like work or family creates hidden tensions, and join us in redefining success beyond traditional balance for greater fulfilment and potential. Work-life balance is the state of equilibrium where a person equally prioritizes the demands of one’s career and the demands of one’s personal life. Why is it so hard to maintain a balance? A survey of thousands of working adults found these to be the most common answers: Work-life balance is less about dividing the hours in our day evenly between work and personal life and, instead, is more about having the flexibility to get things done in our professional life while still having time and energy to enjoy our personal life. There may be some days where we work longer hours so that we have time later in the week to enjoy other activities. So far, it always seemed that finding a good balance between our daily...
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