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The Work-Life Balance Myth: Rethinking Your Optimal Balance for Success
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The Work-Life Balance Myth: Rethinking Your Optimal Balance for Success

by David J. McNeff
February 2021
Beginner content levelBeginner
240 pages
5h 47m
English
McGraw-Hill
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INTRODUCTION

For years, I have heard the same message again and again from my friends, colleagues, and clients: “My company doesn’t appreciate that we need work-life balance! I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t stressed.”

If you’re a working professional, you’ve probably said the same thing at one point. And I’m sure you’ve encountered one of the myriad self-help books, systems, HR programs, etc., that promise you that “work-life balance” is the antidote to the stress that is keeping you up at night and negatively impacting your professional and personal relationships.

This book is intended to reset that notion and propose that there is no possibility of balance in our lives. To chase balance between your work and family is futile. Instead, ...

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ISBN: 9781260468908