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“Working 12 Hours a Day Is a Blessing! Do You Agree?” ?
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Thank you for this opposition article. Culture continues to push for more without considering the health concerns and restrictions of the human body! A great reminder of the importance to take a break and spend some time doing what recharges you and gives you rest.
Glad you enjoyed this article, Caitlin!
Having refreshed, energized, joyful staff, who are able to enjoy time and activities in their personal life outside of work, will lead to a more productive and creative environment and benefit the organization as a whole. Throughout the pandemic, our staff were working excessively, spending more time at work, and were burning out. The quality of the work was declining, staff physical and psychological health were declining, and the overall morale was poor. People need to work to live, not live to work. You can be passionate about your work and committed to it without living at the office. In fact, if you are able to enjoy your personal time and feel like you have a balanced work/home life, you will be able to focus more on your work when you are at work, instead of worrying and stressing about what you are missing out on.
Exactly! Thank you, Denise!
I favour work/life balance. I love my work/company, I also love my family. I need to take break in order to function efficiently.
Thank you for your comment, Maria!
I used to work like that. In fact, I built my business by doing exactly that. Jack Ma, Elon Musk and others aren’t entirely wrong about it. In my case, starting at my kitchen table, I created the capacity to hire staff by overworking myself and then handing off that extra work. That was the pattern for years. NOT fun years! I look back now and wonder if I shouldn’t just have gotten a job, put in my time and gone home to enjoy my evenings and weekends. However… there’s a great deal of satisfaction in having built a company and provided work for (currently) 20 staff. I couldn’t have done it without the “sweat equity.” Today, though, I’m going in the other direction. Everyone who works for me now STARTS with 4 weeks’ paid vacation plus 2 weeks of sick/personal days. I still work hard, but I recognize the value of a balanced life, and for sure I don’t expect my team to go through what I did!
While I believe that maintaining balance is important, I do think there is pride and value in putting in the work to get results. I think as long as don’t spend your entire life overworking and you are able to move into a more balanced phase of life, sharing the workload with others, putting in the hardwork for a short time is sometimes necessary. Short term pain for long term gain. A lot of our younger years are for slugging and putting in the extra time so as we get older and more settled, we can step back a bit and enjoy the fruits of our labour. There is value in hard work and a lot of the best lessons are learned in those difficult years. Heather, you should be proud of what you’ve built!
Thank you Denise!!!