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work life balance a theory or realty

Created by : Piyush Asthana, Sr. Business Analyst. , TCS  | 04 21 2010 13:04:03 +0000
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It is always a theory Vs it is real
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Amazing debate, your true Piyush.  Work life balance is a theory. The fact is that, to balance your work life you need to have control on time but time is something which never waits for you. I have read many book to balance my work life and tried to follow it, but till now I am unable to follow it. Because there are few situations where you need to commit yourself, at that time you loose your balance. So if you are in a responsible position you cannot balance you work life.

So it is only possible in theory..... 
By Renne Sharma, HR Analyst, ABC Consulting  04 22 2010 11:34:06 +0000
 
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BEYOND SHADOW OF A DOUBT IT IS REAL! 

Only those who are unwilling to face the truth about their priorities will say it is theory.

One of the crudest and fastest way of doing this is to allocate fixed times for work and family. For instance work is only from 0800 to 1700 hours. Take a bit of time have a good lunch. Never eat alone. Eat with friends. Encourage people from different strata of your organization to join for lunch.

Make sure you engage in activities at home that contribute to other's responsibilities. Help around the house in fixing or getting things fixed. Help with the dishes after dinner. Help in fixing breakfast when everybody is in a rush to be gone! Make sure you have some repeated activity with each member of the family. Go far walks with your wife for half an hour each day. Make sure that at least one meal, preferably dinner, is eaten with the full family sitting around the table. Encourage your children to tell you what happened in school or college that day. Make sure that no matter what the pressures are this minimum lot happens everyday.

Another way is to say that sundays are what i call totally "internal". Ensure that the entire family spends time at home on sundays. Create family projects. Sit in the same room reading a your choice of individual books. Watch a movie togather.

Now tell me, how many of you can honestly - and i mean honestly - tell me that such a life style is impossible?

One of the reasons we run around like we do is because (in addition to genuine pressures - which are actually small) we need to be SEEN being busy. A sense of image. Is it really worth it for the cost one pays?

ATTAINING BALANCE BETWEEN WORK LIFE AND PERSONAL LIFE IS ACTUALLY VERY EASY. ALL IT REQUIRES IS THAT WE COME UP WITH AN HONEST LIST OF PRIORITIES.

Believe you me! i have tried it and it works.
By RAMESH KANDADAI, Principal Consultant, ARM Consultants  04 23 2010 03:45:45 +0000
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It is theory which should be adopted in real to keep balance.
By SHRIKANT MANOHAR DANKE, Project Manager, Phadnis Infrastructur Ltd  | 11 20 2010 14:48:43 +0000
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The current trend shows how to pack 36 hours into 24 hours. Therefore, in the present day scenario, if a person fails to prioritise his tasks would be a great failure!
By S. Muralidharan, Executive Director, Knowledge Foundation & Campus Around the Corner  | 11 18 2010 17:27:11 +0000
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its a theory...
By sudipta saha, Consultant, SC analytics pvt ltd.  | 11 18 2010 12:56:56 +0000
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work life balance is theory
By sankari thirumaran thirumaran, MBA/PGDM student, achariya school of business and techonology  | 08 31 2010 10:01:20 +0000
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work life balance a theory or reality is totaly depends on oneself how un take ur job eirhter work or play game
By virender kumar, REGIONAL BUSINESS MANAGER, CELON LABS LTD  | 05 02 2010 15:08:41 +0000
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balance work / life for success.
By dinesh kumar sharma, ZONAL SALES MANAGER - NORTH, WOCKHARDT LTD  | 04 28 2010 16:59:12 +0000
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Your right Renne sharma.As your career profile increases then automatically responsibility increases and to manage those responsibility around the clock when a client,  customer ,your own team will call for your decions for issues,your guidance for stuckup work,your motivation for dummies,your reward for boost productivity,your presence to solve conflict between teams wtc,In one word if individual working under you has knowlede and ability to perform their roles and responsibility by selfmotivation then its easy to manage work life balance.SO while hiring a team one should be very much concious about outcome from the candidates.
By Parvez Abdul Rauf, AKB  | 04 23 2010 19:04:56 +0000
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We can only circumvent on this issue, as no two human beings are alike, and no two situations are the same.  Like, waxing and waning, like sun rise and sun set, like pain and pleasure, our life undergoes a terrific change, day in and day out.  Its a mindset, not otherwise.  In front of a dead body, some are weeping, and some gossip, and rest few share jokes.  How do you rate these scenarios?  If you are undergoing a terrible turmoil on a daily basis, say, traffic jams, if you are a routine traveller, you get adjusted, whereas for a person travelling with you for the first time, facing the same situation, the mindset of his/her would be entirely different.  Balancing one's life is an art, if we train our mind to perfection, that its considered to be very real, otherwise, its always a theory!
By S. Muralidharan, Executive Director, Knowledge Foundation & Campus Around the Corner  | 04 23 2010 04:56:25 +0000
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It is not even a theory it is a mirage in the end of a rainbow .Hey But again in think that the way the employers prefer it


By R.SANJAY GREGORY WILLIAMS, HR-Admin MNager, CItrisys solutions  | 04 22 2010 12:06:20 +0000
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Work ;life balance is always a theory as the people who say that it can be achieved dont see that it is practically becomes a lie as we go up in career ladder as the responsibility grows our time for family as well as for ourself also shrink resulting loss.the great example is tiger who lost his family.
By Piyush Asthana, Sr. Business Analyst. , TCS  | 04 21 2010 13:04:03 +0000
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Yea it is real. We all know that we can't ride at two boats at a same time, to ride another boat you have to left the first one. It is like how best you can utilize your time resource. Because the day begins the countdown begins for the next day. how much you tried you can not save time. you manage your time between your personal as well as work life as just you are managing your mother and your wife. if you disbalance a little step you will lost some precious moment weather it is on your work or your personal life. who said that it it is a theory they even maintain it by spending a little moment with their famiily. you can not get back your spended time but you get the energy  from the family so that effeciently and effectively you can manage your mind and soul at one place.
By Tanima , First Medical Services Pvt. Ltd.  | 11 20 2010 08:37:58 +0000
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Have U watched two kinds of people :

--   Avails very frequent leaves, leave office early without completeing the job, toomuch talks about home and appears disterested about happenings in the office / workplace  --- the home-addicts

--   Never take a day-off, do not want to leave office, frequently talks office  in home and reluctant about home affairs

Both of the above kinds have imbalalces in Work / Life.  Neither of the "two" is preferred.
By ASOKE KUSARI, Domestic Private Banking-Executive/Manager, A large leading PSU Bank - India  | 05 02 2010 07:01:47 +0000
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Being in HR side, you should be pushing for work/life balancing life. Don't give up. You need to find reasons behind for not able to accomplish balanced life. Even lifeless machinery needs rest( if you look at manufacturing industry, you will find answers) . It also helps a lot to the company as well .


By Srinivasa Varrey, Sr Architect, Peak Technologies  | 04 28 2010 20:40:00 +0000
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thank you sir,you have given us ideas to implemet work life balance in our lives.
By Parvez Abdul Rauf, AKB  | 04 23 2010 19:10:28 +0000
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work life to be balanced with personal life is no theory but a "way of life!". Do you want it that way. For most work is an escapism from reality.... to face life upfront.... if you want you can surely balance work life and personal life without any problem!!
By Rebecca Katticaren, Regional Support Manager, The Leprosy Trust India  | 04 23 2010 03:27:41 +0000
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It is very Real...

The same way global warming is real, the same way Obama is there to change the world... Because we need to remember one thing in our life ...... whatever we do and how so ever we do it is all in our very hands. So if you want work life balance quite those lavish parties, extra working hours and many other things that stop you to create a work life balance.......

This is our life to change so think and execute is what we should believe in....
By Dhiraj Wohra, Dy. Manager, Centum Learning Ltd  | 04 22 2010 19:18:19 +0000
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its reality.., why do you work..? its for your life.. how do you lead life..?- by working. the world has brought in a link between work and life. that link is money from knowledge. your knowledge borrowed in the form of work, for money. that money you need for your life.  Life is not just coming home, forget everything and spend time with beloved ones.. Life is some meaning you give for your existence on earth. its the reputation you seek for your name. its the value you give to all the things, may be living or non-living, around you.
By Nithin Prasad, MBA/PGDM student, MS Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies  | 04 22 2010 15:09:05 +0000
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Piyush amazing debate, Work Life balance is real and not theory. It depends how your company follows it. WLB is a theory only with few big MNC's otherwise now a days compnies has started following it.

WLB is possible even if you are at a higher role. Companies give you mobiles, laptop, etc so that you do not distrub your WLB and can work from home, remember no company asks you to work from home every day.

 
By Nipoon Tandon, Associate Manager HR Shared Service, Control Components Inc  | 04 22 2010 12:05:30 +0000
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