Quotes About Work-life

Early in my career, I didn't want to disappoint my colleagues, clients, or family. So I said yes to everything. This ended up raising my stress level and shortchanging everyone else - including myself - because I couldn't give anyone 100 percent of my time, nor could I pay close attention.

I understand that it would be smart, career-wise, to line up something, but it wouldn't be smart for my personal life or my sanity. Some people thrive when they're working. I thrive when I'm hanging out with my friends and doing yoga.

I am always exhausted; I am always trying to find more time to be with my family, which is why they travel with me so much.

If you are "playing" too much or "working" too much, you will have a reaction on the other side, which indicates your pace is off, too slow or too fast.

Over the years I always did some water colors, and I did a series of pictures of drawings. I always did it during a period of time that was slow in the photo business, but in essence it was always frustrating because I'd get started, and then it would be time to get back to work and I wouldn't get anywhere with the painting.

My husband is that rare man who is blessed with the ability to see the big picture but will not ignore the smallest detail. He will work an 18-hour day and still find time to help the kids with their homework.

You can't smash your business and be a mum or a dad on 1,000 calories a day.

What I do regret is working too hard sometimes instead of really enjoying my youth. I'm trying to make an effort to stop and smell the roses now.

I realize that acting is my job, and I have a life outside of my career to help keep me grounded. It is great to have a job you love!

I love those stretches where I've just been a writer - when I haven't been doing Internet start-ups - where I pretty much eliminate meetings from my life.

I love everything about my job, except being away from the kids.

The main reason to develop time management skills is so that you can complete everything that is really important in your work and free up more and more time to do the things in your personal life that give you the greatest happiness and satisfaction.

When you work with your computer for three or four hours, you are totally lost. It's like eating french fries. You shouldn't eat french fries all day, and you shouldn't be on the computer all day.

As Indian women, we are always balancing work, life, home, etc. It's important to know that while juggling rubber balls and glass balls, the former may bounce back when you miss, but the glass balls will crack if you let them fall. So prioritise, prioritise, prioritise.

When work ends, I'd rather just be seen as Daniel - normal.

I have always kept a pretty healthy separation between my work in my film and my life outside of it.

The key to success for any woman who wants to have a really serious career and a family is to marry a guy who is going to take at least half the responsibility for the house and kids - and sometimes more than half.

I have a little kitchen office at home, where I do all my kids' stuff.

I have a little kitchen office at home, where I do all my kids' stuff.

There are two types of counterbalancing: the balancing between work and personal life and the balancing within each. In the world of professional success, it's not about how much overtime you put in; the key ingredient is focused time over time.

Parafraseando a Ralph E. Gomory en el prólogo de su libro Being Together, Working Apart: Dual-Career Families and the Work-Life Balance, pasamos de una unidad familiar en la que uno traía el pan y el otro cuidaba de la casa a otra en la que dos traen el pan y nadie cuida de la casa.

For a very long time now I've been saying to young women, 'You can have it all, but not all at the same time.' How important it is to take very good care of yourself, of your mental and physical and spiritual wellbeing; it's hard to do. It's easier to be a workaholic than to have a truly balanced life.

There's always been more men than women in the profession... I think at certain points young women think 'I want a family' and they can't balance the two.

Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.