Sentences with phrase «more of your working life»

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Sandberg says many women are hesitant to push themselves forward — to pursue higher positions with more work and more responsibility — because they anticipate starting a family (even if they don't yet have spouses) and don't want to doom the possibility of work - life balance.

When you say it that bluntly, it cheapens the underlying truth, so let me attempt to be a bit more genteel: We work so that we might tend to the many other things we care about in life (the vast majority of which cost money).

«The closing of these plants will do more to save lives than I could ever hope to achieve as a physician working in an emergency room.»

We see how we've changed the lives, careers, and families of the more than 5,000 people who work for us; and two is we're able to work with and create solutions for the world's most innovative companies,» Weir says.

Most of these people have learned how to harmonize their work and their life, and I need more of that in my system.

Emily, a psychic medium based in Brooklyn, New York, directly opposed my unrealistic, misinformed view of psychics from the moment I met her because not only does it turn out that she lives in my neighborhood, but also she embodies an even more mysterious kind of magic: the ability to be an everyday person, a working mom, and the possessor of an impressive gift.

Over half of the people surveyed (55.9 %) thought that putting in «an extra 10 hours per week for life» was worth a bump in pay, apparently not realizing that working 25 % more hours for a 10 % bump isn't exactly a good tradeoff.

From personality and IQ to success in work and relationships, birth - order theorists believe your family position influences more aspects of life than you'd like to admit.

In other words, we would be forcing those at the lower end of the earnings ladder to consume even less during their working lives in order to add more dollars to their already decently - funded retirement.

While we often feel to swamped with work, or too tired for leisure reading, research from the University of Liverpool's Centre for Research into Reading, Literature and Society found that reading made people feel happier and more satisfied with with lives, overall.

Regardless of the wealth of advice you can find about how to be more productive and motivated, people perpetually struggle with what they're trying to achieve at work and in their personal lives.

You have to put a little more effort into many aspects of work - life, including communication and vetting potential employees.

The average age at the company is 28, most of them live in Vancouver's more affordable east side and, last she checked, 85 % cycle to work.

Perhaps, but in an era when people are living and working into their 70s, family business may have to rethink more traditional notions of a crisp handoff.

«The expectation at work has been to live by the standards the men set up,» says Adi Tatarko, the co-founder and CEO of Houzz, a design and e-commerce website now valued at more than $ 1 billion.

For our 20 questions series we caught up with Daniella Yacobovsky co-founder of BaubleBar, to ask about work - life balance, her inspirations and more.

And then behind that are the more, shall we say, «austere» living environments of the people who live and work there.

I sometimes say «why do you want to spend several years, and hopefully many more, of your life working on this problem.»

Finding Value in Your Co-working Spaces: Networking and Learning More than just providing a space for doing work, a co-working space can be like your real - life version of LinkedIn.

It doesn't just affect your sex life — it has the potential to affect your body, mood, skin, and more, so it's important to understand the pros and cons of each method to find what works.

In her memory, we devote our actions to a just cause; to defend what is right and to protect the interest of not only shareholders but most importantly the far more important stakeholders of employees, drivers and customers whose lives have been forever altered by the abiding faith and fervent hard work of Travis Kalanick and the Uber team.

Most parents are aware that over the course of an adult's working life, high school graduates can expect, on average, to earn $ 1 million less than those with a bachelor's degree and are 50 percent more likely to be unemployed.

Expats in China, 25 % of whom work in education, also tend to have more active social lives than those in other locales.

Yet urban living offers many opportunities for society to craft a more sustainable way of living and working.

He goes on to say, «They get outside of their to - do list of short - term priorities and they realize that the real key to creating more margin in their life isn't about working faster, or somehow «prioritizing» better, it's about learning to think differently.»

This one from McMaster University via Coursera is focused more on career issues, and the topics covered sound like a top hits list of common work questions: «Mindshift teaches you essentials such as how to get the most out of online learning and MOOCs, how to seek out and work with mentors, the secrets to avoiding career ruts (and catastrophes) and general ruts in life, and insights such as the value of selective ignorance over general competence.»

Our latest Sustainly Trend Briefing examines how some of the world's biggest companies are collaborating with tech start ups, municipal governments and community organizations working to create Smart City services and experiences, and how these innovations can deliver more sustainable living and business.

Skilled assistants make you better not only because of the work they do for you but because they force you to hold up a mirror and examine how you can live a happier and more fulfilling life.

It's a compelling premise: that you can get more done at work, better understand your co-workers, and generally like your life more if you take some of the tension out of the string.

Sometimes we find the right chord, and the role of work in your life is as important as it should be, and no more.

Instead of viewing work and life as a balancing act, Bezos said that it's more productive to view them as two integrated parts.

But I don't want to just list these things, I want to equip you with them: Think of the following as six practical tools to help you chisel away at a more elegant work - life balance.

Anyone who read Isabelle Hudon's resumé would expect she struggled with work - life balance: in addition to serving as president of Quebec operations for Sun Life Financial, she chairs two boards of directors and sits on five mlife balance: in addition to serving as president of Quebec operations for Sun Life Financial, she chairs two boards of directors and sits on five mLife Financial, she chairs two boards of directors and sits on five more.

There's an element of psychology at work here in that when we encounter crisis in our lives, we're also programmed to deal with change in a way that, in more normal times when everything seems fine, we tend to reject.

I learned a ton, but the time had come where it felt like more of an obligation and was no longer synergistic with my life goals and work priorities.

By offering a flat wage, you'll be providing a more stable standard of living for your servers, and they'll no longer be susceptible to the vicissitudes of restaurant work, where a slow night can leave them with little in their pockets.

And it's not just tech giants — companies of all stripes have become more flexible, actively seeking to keep employees happy and engaged, whether through work - life balance initiatives or management strategies that encourage employee feedback, input and advancement.

It's going to take hours of planning, hours of research, and even more hours of work to get everything done, and you can't bring yourself to start it because you know it's going to consume your life.

Jennifer and Devereaux Jennings, married professors with the University of Alberta School of Business, have been studying work - life balance among entrepreneurs for more than a decade.

Frustrated with her doctors and the manufacturer of her pacemaker, Moe has turned her life's work into finding out more on behalf of all patients.

New research from the American Management Association reveals that the 4.8 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs who are women come into those positions with more rigorous academic degrees and greater work and life experience than the 95.2 percent who are men.

The nature of business today is that the lines of «work» and «life» are a little more blurred.

Because of the history of women in this country — and even more so in this time we live in — it is important to protect and foster the work of The Wing and similar space that give women a positive and safe space to thrive,» said Gelman in a statement.

When they know they can take care of life and work, they have more positive feelings toward the boss.

She said that the positive responses she received from working women after sharing the family photos emboldened her «to share all aspects of my life — not just my more polished persona — more frequently.»

If a core aspect of your work, from the people, to your position, the product or the company's mission isn't aligned with your personal motivations, defining clear boundaries for work - life balance will likely be more important in your current job.

The challenges of daily life between work and family are seemingly never - ending so this book provides a good reminder for a balanced approach to more positively navigate those challenges.»

Instead of forcing employees to sacrifice their personal lives, startup employers need to create more work - life balance at their companies.

For our series»20 Questions» Matt Ehrlichman, CEO and co-founder of Porch, talks about how he handles work - life balance, how winning motivates him and more.

Some people said the screed, directed at CEO Jeremy Stoppelman, drew attention to prevalent wage issues in the area; others accused the employee of acting entitled and failing to find better or more work or a place to live that costs less than her current $ 1,245 rent.