Comments on: What are you doing about work-life balance? http://www.markpollard.net/what-are-you-doing-about-work-life-balance/ By Mark Pollard Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:58:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Hannah http://www.markpollard.net/what-are-you-doing-about-work-life-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-1879 Hannah Thu, 07 May 2009 15:18:53 +0000 http://www.markpollard.net/?p=436#comment-1879 Just because you don't have a work-life balance doesn't mean that it's OK impose this on others. I send the occasional 2am email but people can just read it the following morning - different to being forced to have a chat or a phone call at midnight. Lesson learned from last year - It's OK to have a night off! Don't put it off to catch up on something or don't put it off promising yourself to be out and about in a week or two. Just because you don’t have a work-life balance doesn’t mean that it’s OK impose this on others. I send the occasional 2am email but people can just read it the following morning – different to being forced to have a chat or a phone call at midnight.

Lesson learned from last year – It’s OK to have a night off! Don’t put it off to catch up on something or don’t put it off promising yourself to be out and about in a week or two.

]]> By: chopps http://www.markpollard.net/what-are-you-doing-about-work-life-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-659 chopps Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:20:54 +0000 http://www.markpollard.net/?p=436#comment-659 Don't read every email, or every tweet. It's OK if the stream passes you by, you don't need to be on top of it all. There will be gems that you find at the time that you are ready to find them. Most email interfaces propel you towards action-ing every line item, DON'T DO EET. Scan, process and dive deep when you think it is necessary. I have plenty of fail here. Don't fail like me. BTW loved the ots fail presso at ignite. (gotta stop reading all these tweets) Don’t read every email, or every tweet.
It’s OK if the stream passes you by, you don’t need to be on top of it all.
There will be gems that you find at the time that you are ready to find them.
Most email interfaces propel you towards action-ing every line item, DON’T DO EET.
Scan, process and dive deep when you think it is necessary.
I have plenty of fail here. Don’t fail like me.

BTW loved the ots fail presso at ignite. (gotta stop reading all these tweets)

]]> By: Kieran http://www.markpollard.net/what-are-you-doing-about-work-life-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-654 Kieran Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:39:19 +0000 http://www.markpollard.net/?p=436#comment-654 One thing I'm finding lately is that sometimes you have to let some parts of your grand plans slide for a little while. There seems to be two tricks to this - the first is doing this without beating yourself up about it, and the second is being able to pick up where you left off with the same amount of determination that you had before. Am still working on both of these :) One thing I’m finding lately is that sometimes you have to let some parts of your grand plans slide for a little while. There seems to be two tricks to this – the first is doing this without beating yourself up about it, and the second is being able to pick up where you left off with the same amount of determination that you had before.
Am still working on both of these :)

]]> By: Mark Pollard http://www.markpollard.net/what-are-you-doing-about-work-life-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-624 Mark Pollard Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:07:33 +0000 http://www.markpollard.net/?p=436#comment-624 Good ideas here. I failed this balance thing this week. Completely failed. Time to disconnect is a nice idea - I do enjoy being connected though. @Tom Yeah yeah... pick up and leave and do something good for the world. If only it was that easy :) Or is it? @Stu Yes! Day-dreaming is powerful. Give into it. @Chloe Absolutely agree. Busy-ness is status these days. Not right! Good ideas here. I failed this balance thing this week. Completely failed. Time to disconnect is a nice idea – I do enjoy being connected though.

@Tom Yeah yeah… pick up and leave and do something good for the world. If only it was that easy :) Or is it?

@Stu Yes! Day-dreaming is powerful. Give into it.

@Chloe Absolutely agree. Busy-ness is status these days. Not right!

]]> By: Kristen http://www.markpollard.net/what-are-you-doing-about-work-life-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-618 Kristen Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:40:26 +0000 http://www.markpollard.net/?p=436#comment-618 It’s like tuning in to a TV show… but it’s other people. - Quotable! It’s like tuning in to a TV show… but it’s other people. – Quotable!

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