Digg DiggMy Google alerts for stress, meditation and work-life balance have been on the rise lately and I think the tenuous state of the economy is at the core. Although Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke was cautiously optimistic about the GDP in the second half of the year, many are stressing about personal finances and…
We’re on “overwhelm” and battling the “Attention Crash.” But we still have one trump card in our era of distraction; choice. The way you approach your work-life merge is unique. You are the person who determines the blueprint, even if working for someone else, you still have a degree of control. One of the smartest choices…
In the cold of the winter, I took a work-life break at the beach. With my Mac Book Pro at arms length, I made the time to take some deep breaths and embody a few yoga poses. Just one episode in my daily quest for work-life balance toward reducing stress. I was writing on deadline…
Welcome to the newly designed WorkLifeNation.com. Here you’ll find breaking work-life news, work-life tips to help you navigate sensory overload and feature articles that will help you create some work-life bliss in your daily lives. I’ve been blogging on work-life trends since 2006, but have been tracking workplace issues and business news for 15 years….
I posted this work life article on Forbes this week but I wanted to share it with my readers. The Tango originated in the streets and bars of Buenos Aires at the end of the 19th century. That era was marked by great political unrest in Argentina. It was a violent dance of work, life…
I was sad to hear that Wall Street vetran Joe Battipaglia died Thursday at 55 years old. Strongly opinionated, and bullish on the dot- com boom, Joe’s voice was a well known entity in business news. But he was also a husband and father who was extremely vocal about his love and respect for his…
Working in broadcasting for 20 plus years has involved a lot of off-hour calls from the newsroom. But no matter the profession, many of us get those urgent (or no so urgent calls) looking for an instant response. And when we respond, giving into “instant gratification”, we play into that idea of “perceived availability” which…
Be prepared to reveal all and hang onto your ego while surrendering to the advice of business strategist Carol Roth, author of The Entrepreneur Equation: Evaluating the Realites, Risks and Rewards of Having Your Own Business. Ms. Roth tells it like it is. You’re not going to get the pie-in-the-sky stary-eyed advice telling you to…
Leaving the corporate setting for a better work life balance and new career is not an unusual occurrence here in the United States, and I’m finding that such desire knows no global boundaries. Over the pond, Ali Davies of AliDavies.com
I’m excited to announce that I just began lending my voice from WorkLifeNation.com and my radical “Judy Martin” thoughts on work life balance (which doesn’t really exist) to TalentCulture.com.
