CHAPTER 11

Aspiring for Work–Life Harmony

Quotations to Ponder

Work/Life balance is a myth. We should not dichotomize these two things because work is a part of life. Try to take the time to notice the joy in both work and life.

—Jessica Cork, Vice PresidentYKK Corporation of America

So many people don’t forgive themselves and they carry that around and never get past it. Life is meant to be lived through the windshield, not the rearview mirror. Shift your lens to forward.

—DeAnn Golden, President and CEOBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties

I told Japanese company executives that working all the time is the easy way out. What’s hard is to make daily decisions such as “I am going to leave at 5 p.m. today to go to my son’s baseball ...

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