Work-Life Balance is NOT a Time Problem

 



The Work-life balance problem is NOT what you thought it was. 

The First step to solving a problem is to correctly identify the actual problem. Often people take the symptom as the problem and solve it. The symptom gets resolved while the underlying problem persists. The same has happened to the ubiquitous Work-Life Balance.  

The issue of Work-Life Balance is NOT an issue of Time spent at work. It's that of interest, satisfaction and passion. 

Go back to the time when you were working on something you were passionate about.

You spent days and sleepless nights on it. You probably slept less than 6 hours and worked more than 12 on that task/project. Every waking minute, you were entirely focused on that dream project/task. 

Did you complain about Work-Life balance while you were in that zone? 

We talk/complain about Work-Life Balance only when we are not enjoying our work and we are caught up in work or the workplace which we want to escape. 

Organizations, Leaders, and Managers attempting to solve the work-life balance problem by compartmentalizing and restricting time spent at work are solving the wrong problem. 

If the organization culture, the team culture, the quality of work, the approach of the manager, the reward as well as recognition … all of that is in the right place and spirit, and the individual enjoys the work he/she is involved in; no one would be complaining about work-life balance. 

For your organization/team; Identify what is triggering the work-life balance conversation. 

Solve that issue and you won't have to worry about work-life balance. 

BTW, Work-Life balance is not what people are seeking now. The mature ones are seeking Work-Life Integration. 

#CareerTransformation #GrowthMindset #LeadershipDevelopment #WorkLifeBalance 


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