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Boundaries, Priorities, and Finding Work-Life Balance (HBR Work Smart Series)
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Boundaries, Priorities, and Finding Work-Life Balance (HBR Work Smart Series)

by Harvard Business Review, Russell Glass, Morra Aarons-Mele, Alyssa F. Westring, Amantha Imber
May 2024
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
208 pages
3h 12m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Audiobook available
Content preview from Boundaries, Priorities, and Finding Work-Life Balance (HBR Work Smart Series)

4 A Guide to Setting Better Boundaries

by Joe Sanok

Like exercise, meditation, or budgeting, most of us know that having boundaries around our work and home lives is something we should probably do. Even so, finding the time to change unhealthy behaviors, learn, and build new habits is easier said than done.

In a world as fast-paced as ours, it’s tempting to continuously look for the next shortcut or productivity tool to keep pace with the competition—but these “hacks” don’t usually work. Pre-pandemic research indicated that many Americans were already sleeping less than previous generations, often to get extra work done.1 Yet we were somehow increasingly unproductive. More-recent studies show that post-pandemic stress, anxiety, and insomnia ...

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ISBN: 9781647827090