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Why great work-life balance doesn’t solely rely on time-management

The eternal chase for the ‘perfect’ work-life balance has been the aim of the life of any professional today. The glamour of working 18 hours out of 24 and being lauded as a ‘hard-worker’ has long since passed. Studies now show a rise in the number of workers who would take a price-cut for a better work-life balance.

The greatest myth that surrounds of notion of work-life balance is the fact that to achieve it, you need to be stellar at time management. While it is true that you should delegate your professional and personal time, the balance doesn’t lie solely on the same. Instead of asking yourself how you should manage your time, you should re-evaluate your everyday lifestyle and then make any necessary changes.

Speaking about what determines work-life balance, Stuart R Levine, CEO of Stuart Levine & Associates LLC, writes, “Candidly, people oversimplify the issue. They reduce it to time management, but that’s only about 30 percent of the answer. For me, a real-life solution involves reevaluating the way we think, act and communicate. We need to elevate the conversation around work-life balance to focus on the higher issues: working and living with purpose, clarity and focus.”

In an age of 24/7 connectivity, achieving work-life balance is more challenging than ever. Perhaps it’s no coincidence that Millennials, the most digitally connected and largest segment of today’s labor force, place such a high premium on their personal time. Case in point, a new study by Deloitte found that once salary is removed from the equation, work-life balance is the most important consideration for Millennials weighing career options. One thing’s for sure. The development of good time management skills is an essential part of the workplaces of today and tomorrow.

Well, This was all about if we say worldwide..in my next topic Yes, I will be covering specific Indian culture on working environment.