2011Jan21_Work-Life Balance - AP Forest Academy

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Welcome to this session on
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WORK - LIFE BALANCE
PROF. V. VISWANADHAM
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WHAT IS WORK ?
WHAT IS LIFE ?
WHAT IS WORK - LIFE BALANCE ?
WHY BALANCE WORK - LIFE ?
How to attempt and improve Our Work - Life
Balance ?
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What is work-life balance ?
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What is Work-Life Balance?
Work-life balance is about people having a
measure of control over when, where and how they
work. It is achieved when an individuals right
to a fulfilled life inside and outside work is
accepted and respected as the norm to the
mutual benefit of the individual, business and
society.
The Work Foundation
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What is Work-Life Balance?
Work life balance is an individuals ability to
fulfill their work and lifestyle
responsibilities with minimal conflict and
maximum contentment.
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More efficient Management of work and more
effective results
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How ?
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Wheel of Life
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Just as your car runs more smoothly and
requires less energy to go faster and farther
when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you
perform better when your thoughts, feelings,
emotions, goals, and values are in balance."
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What is NOT work-life balance ?
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Work-Life Balance does not mean an equal
balance.
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WORK - LIFE BALANCE IS NOT trying to
schedule an equal number of hours for each of
your various work and personal activities
that would become unrewarding and unrealistic
and may be frustrating
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Life is and should be more fluid than that.
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How to recognize when you are losing balance?
Take inventory on your life and thoughts

• Am I continually ill?
• Do I suffer mood swings everyday?
• Do I constantly crave and over-indulge in
  something?
• Do others seem to be moving forward when I am
  not?
• Do I wish I was someone else?
• Do I wish I was somewhere else?
• Am I envious of another?
• When I do things for others do I feel sad and
  empty?
• Am I unhappy with ME, inside and out?
• and further . . . . .

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How to recognize when you are losing balance?
10. Do you work late hours at office every day
take your work at home as well? 11. Do you feel
stressed about the amount of time you spend at
work, traveling to work or thinking about work?
12. Do you often take a lunch break which does
not even last for 30 minutes? 13. Do you miss
out on quality time with your family and friends
because of pressure of work?
and further . . . . .
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How to recognize when you are losing balance?
14. Do you think work is having a negative effect
on your personal life? 15. Do you often think
that you do not get enough time for yourself?
16. Do you feel anxious or upset because of what
is happening at work? 17. Do you feel tired or
depressed because of work? 18. Do you often lose
your temper at work?
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• Reduced work and family satisfaction
• Increased psychological strain symptoms
• Reduced positive affect and well-being
• Increased work withdrawal
• (late coming, absenteeism) and consequently,
• decreased work performance
• Increased marital and family withdrawal
• Increased physical health symptoms
• insomnia, fatigue, headaches,
• heart disease, etc.

Consequences of Work - Life imbalance
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Coming back into Balance

• Sit in a quiet place, close your eyes and slow
  down your breath
• Let your mind take you through your life
• Begin to look at it objectively
• Start to ask yourself questions
• Am I truly happy?
• Do I want more out of life?
• Am I letting life pass me by?
• Open your eyes and make a list on paper of your
  needs and wants, honestly!!
• Putting your wants aside for now, look at your
  needs

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What does any one really want in life ?
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ACHIEVEMENT AND ENJOYMENT
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WHAT IS ACHIEVEMENT ?
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WHAT IS ENJOYMENT ?
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ENJOYMENT IS Pride, Satisfaction, Happiness,
Celebration, Love, A sense of Well-being . . .
ALL THE JOYS OF LIVING
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EVERYONE HAS MULTIPLE ROLES TO PLAY
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KEEP ON LEARNING NEW SKILLS BROADEN YOUR
HORIZONS
PERSONAL LIFE HOME LIFE FAMILY LIFE WORK
LIFE SOCIAL LIFE
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Work-Life Effectiveness
Career
Life
Self
Family
Community
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an attempt to express all priorities
and important aspects of ones ideal life?
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF YOUR PURPOSE OF LIFE IN
RESPECT OF EACH OF THESE MULTIPLE ROLES ?
Then, really plan to achieve your priorities ?
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3 PARTS
FAMILY WORK SELF
IDENTIFY YOUR PRIORITIES AND SET BOUNDARIES
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OPTIMAL WORK LIFE BALANCE ZONE
AMOUNT OF PRESSURE
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• DO YOU CONSIDER
• YOUR WORK-LIFE BALANCE
• TO BE IN BALANCE
• OR
• OUT OF BALANCE ?

WHY WORK - LIFE BALANCE ? TO ATTAIN A HIGHER
LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT ENJOYMENT EVERY DAY BOTH
ON OFF THE JOB
WORK PRESSURES AFFECT PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
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• Females tend to find it
• more difficult than males
• to strike the ideal balance
• because of the
• motherhood mandate
• which NATURE CULTURE
• impose on the female parent.

ARE WORK - LIFE BALANCE CHALLENGES DIFFERENT
FOR FEMALES AND MALES ?
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YOU HAVE GOT TO WORK HARD TO FIND A LIFE. WHEN
YOU FIND IT, YOU CAN THINK OF HOW TO JUGGLE
BALANCE BOTH.
HOW TO ACHIEVE WORK - LIFE BALANCE ?
SUCCESS IS GREAT BUT NOT WITHOUT FAMILY
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TO IMPROVE WORK - LIFE BALANCE TAKE TIME TO
THINK AT LEAST 1 START THINKING ON
PAPER LIST THE ISSUES / PROBLEMS PRIORITISE AND
BEGIN TO TACKLE
Nature has given you the talent to succeed
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• Know Yourself
• Write a mission statement for
• yourself by considering the following questions
• What is most important in my life?
• What do I want to be in my life?
• What will I need to do to become that?
• How do I want to be remembered
• by my family?
• What do I want to be known for
• by my office colleagues ?

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• 1. Set aside time to reflect
• on your life, dreams, and goals.
• 2. Determine your areas of strength.
• 3. Identify what you enjoy doing.
• 4. Set some short-term
• (one day, one week, one month)
• and long-term (2 years) goals.
• 5. Schedule time to accomplish your goals.
• 6. Recognize and deal with stress

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KEEP ON LEARNING NEW SKILLS BROADEN YOUR
HORIZONS
steps
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LEARN TO SECURE A BETTER WORK - LIFE BALANCE
ARE THERE NOT ANY INHERENT CONFLICTS ?
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Work-Life Balance Decisions

• Honestly assess How much Balance You Want
• Choose a Talented, Supportive Companion (Spouse)
• Clearly Communicate Career Expectations
• Manage Work Expectations (set boundaries)
• Refresh Yourself Regularly (take vacations)
• Include your Spouse in Every Major Career
  Decision
• Recognize there will be Tradeoffs
• Review and Reassess regularly Be reasonable and
• responsive to the changing situations.

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Your best individual work-life balance will
vary over time, often on a daily basis. The
right balance for you today will probably be
different for you tomorrow. The right balance
for you when you are single will be different
when you marry, or if you have children when
you start a new career versus when you are
nearing retirement. There is no perfect,
one-size fits all, balance you should be
striving for.
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There is no perfect, one-size fits all,
Work-Life balance
The best work-life balance is different for
each of us because we all have different
priorities and different lives.
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ADVANTAGES OF IMPROVING WORK - LIFE
BALANCE RESULTS IN GREATER ACHIEVEMENT IMPROVED
PRODUCTIVITY INCREASED SATISFACTION ENHANCED
ENJOYMENT
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What is LIFE?

• Life is a time period
• between your birth and
• the ultimate death
• And, its full of CHOICES
• You choose how you want it to be.

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LIFE
LEARN TO LIVE LIVE TO LEARN
LOVE TO LIVE LIVE TO LOVE
LOVE TO LEARN
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YOUR LIFE NEEDS SELF MANAGEMENT
LIFE MGT.

SELF - MGT.
MIND MGT.
DEV. MGT.
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L T T Q P E
L E
THE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE
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S SELF M MOTIVATED I INITIATIVE
(TO) L LEARN (AND) E EXCEL

• L E ? L E 0
• LEARN TO EXCEL IN LIFE
• THE SECRET OF EXCELLENCE LIES IN LEARNING

LEARN TO LEARN TO S.M.I.L.E.
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U R U
YOU ARE UNIQUE !
PROVE THAT !
IMPROVE THAT !
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Set your Life-time DREAMS/GOALS

• Think what YOU WANT
• to HAVE
• to BECOME
• to DO
• Write down your Goals and put a target date
• (only 3 people in the world write their goals
  and
• all of them achieve those)
• Dont you want to join that 3 per cent ?

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1/2 1/2

• Which
• HALF
• is Better ?

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BE A BETTER BETTER-HALF
If you are married, become your spouses number
one supporter, the one who is always there
supporting and fueling hopes and dreams.
Develop together and march confidently through
the world as an army of two.
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Physically ActiveMentally Alert
Intellectually InspiredSpiritually
AwakenedEmotionally BalancedMorally
StrengthenedSocially - Relevant

MAKING LIFE SOCIALLY RELEVANT
Life
So as to be a POSITIVE, CONSTRUCTIVE and
CONTRIBUTING CITIZEN OF THE SOCIETY. BECOME A
SEED AFFECT ETERNITY AWAKEN DIVINITY
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You sow a thought, you reap an action. You sow
an action, you reap a habit. You sow a habit,
you reap a character. You sow a character, you
reap a destiny. The essence of a person is his
character make yours unique, unblemished and
strong.
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character simply put, simply implies - - -
Do not say you will do anything unless you
will indeed do it. Speak the truth and
measure your words wisely. Be humble,
honest, hard-working, helping, friendly,
straight forward and peaceful.
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W. A. T. C. H.
W WORDS
A ACTIONS
T THOUGHTS
C CHARACTER
H HEAD HEART
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some
FRIENDLY SUGGESTIONS
THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE YES ... a very big
difference
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Some
FRIENDLY SUGGESTIONS
THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE YES ... a very big
difference
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24 hours X 60 minutes 1,440 minutes
AT LEAST 1 OF YOUR TIME TO BE INVESTED
IN GOOD READING SO AS TO PREPARE YOURSELF
FOR THE FUTURE
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THE SECRET OF SUCCESS CONSTANTLY
CONTINUOUSLY
REVIEW
FUTURE
PRESENT
PAST
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PAST PRESENT FUTURE THE NEED FOR A RECORD
ACTION PLAN VISION
C D P
COMMITMENT DISCIPLINE PERSEVERANCE
ADOPT WORK IS WORSHIP ATTITUDE
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LISTEN TO SOFT SOOTHING MUSIC
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LET GOOD MUSIC ENSURE YOUR GOOD MOODS EVERYDAY
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SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY
AND CHILDREN
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The Importance of quality time with family

• TURN OFF THE CELL PHONE, WHEN ENJOYING LEISURE
  ACTIVITIES.
• 2. CUT DOWN YOUR
• TELEVISION TIME.
• 3. PROPER APPORTIONMENT
• OF TIME BETWEEN
• FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

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STRENGTHEN YOUR STRENGTHS ACQUIRE THE
REQUIRED NEW STRENGTHS
WEAKEN YOUR EXISTING WEAKENNESS NO MORE
NEW WEAKNESSES PLEASE
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MOTIVATION LEADS TO EXCELLENCE
ENTHUSIASM EXPERIMENT EXPERIENCE EXPERTISE EXCELLE
NCE
5
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EXCELLENCE LEADS TO SUCCESS
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LOVING BEING LOVED ARE THE BLESSINGS OF THIS
LIFE
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LEARN TO LOVE TO BECOME A BETTER HUMAN BEING
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START THE DAY WITH L O V E SPEND THE DAY WITH L
O V E FILL THE DAY WITH L O V E END THE DAY
WITH L O V E THAT IS THE WAY TO DEVELOP
POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND A BETTER WORK - LIFE BALANCE
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LOVE AND HOPE ARE THE ONLY REAL THINGS THAT
MAKE US LIVE AND LOVE TO LIVE
THINK AND REFLECT TO RADIATE
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When you achieve a better work life balance
YOU BECOME A PERSON WHO NOT ONLY GETS THINGS
DONE, BUT ALSO ENJOYS THE DOING. YOU ATTRACT
PEOPLE TO YOU. THEY WANT YOU ON THEIR TEAM, AND
THEY WANT TO BE ON YOUR TEAM.
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Learn to Learn
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YOUR SELF MANAGEMENT SKILLS
ABILITY TO DEAL WITH EMOTIONS
IMPROVE
EXERCISE FOR THE BODY THE MIND
HOW ABOUT THE SOUL ?
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Learn to
Know
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Learn to
Be
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Learn to
Do
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Learn to
Live Together
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Learn to
Help Ever Hurt Never
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Learn to
Be Dignified
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Learn to
Be Different
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Grow t h r o u g h l i f e. Dont merely
go through life
Learn to
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Learn to
Observe
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Being open to almost everything. Open towards
feedback, negative comments, consumers, other
approaches, new technology, Only with an
open mind, in the broadest sense of the word,
you can survive
Be Open minded
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Have Drive Passion Energy, energy,
energy! A positive and energitic attitude is
what it takes to drive change.
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Be Happy
Be happy and be positive. Find happiness in
making other people happy.
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Attitude
Action
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PositiveAttitude
PositiveAction
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PositiveAction
PositiveResults
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Remember EVERY SECOND COUNTS
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To sum up

• You are the author of your life
• live your life in line with YOUR values and
  YOUR principles !!!
• Dont forget the goal is to achieve a sense of
  well-being !
• Please remember that
• What works for one individual
• does not necessarily work for another
• and also that
• what has worked for you
• in the past 3, 4 or 5 years
• might not work today
• Be prepared to adapt along the way.

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Wrap Up

• What did you learn?
• What things you want
• to implement
• in your life,
• starting today?
• What are
• some key questions
• you will ask yourself?

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IF YOU DON'T PRACTICE YOU DON'T GAIN. IF
YOU PRACTICE YOU GAIN ... AGAIN ... AND
AGAIN...
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May GOD help YOU in achieving your Goals. And
remember, GOD helps those who help themselves.
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Please Put Something into practice
WISH YOU ALL THE BEST
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