Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Screw Work life balance

Work-life balance: One of the most overrated corporate sayings in the world.
Truth be told, its an incorrect concept, because its based on the fact that work is bad and life is good. But if you like what you do everyday and make the most of it, work doesn't have to be bad, it can be good or really good. So why obsess about something that doesn't make sense in the first place? 

Next time you see that co-worker staying forever at the office and toiling away hours working on things outside his daily responsibility, don't label him/her as the person who doesn't have a good work-life balance, but instead understand why he/she choose to be there for extended hours. Perhaps they were working on the next innovative idea that could turn the company around, or maybe they just didn't get anything done all day, but nonetheless, don't think they don't have a life because for its worth, they think work is the 'good' part of the work-life equation.