Posts Tagged ‘workaholic’

How to leave it all behind you at the end of the day

The keys to going home gracefully

It’s a myth that you will one day be able to go home from a clear desk. It’s never going to happen.The plain truth is that there will always be work undone at the end of the day.This gives you three options:1) Go home, but take the work with you and spend your evening doing it. This ensures maximum friction at… Continue reading

September 3 2007 | By Guest | Tagged: balance, overwork, workaholic, worklife | 37 comments»

How Not To Take Work Home With You

The folks at Dumb Little Man read my mind when they got an email asking how to keep your work at work. I am a firm believer that work should stay at work and enter as little as possible into people's personal lives.

Obviously this becomes quite hard if you work A LOT. Thankfully this little article focuses on just such workaholics. It's a list based on personal experience with… Continue reading

February 26 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: home, work/life-balance, workaholic | 3 comments»

Nourish your dreams regularly with attention

It’s one of the ironies of getting caught up in Getting Things Done: a lot of things, including your dreams, end up on your Someday/Maybe list. And that’s more than a shame; it’s a guaranteed way of slowly dying inside.Putting your dreams on a shelf for the sake of productivity is like squeezing shut the tube that pipes air and sunshine down to you from your… Continue reading

February 2 2007 | By Bob | Tagged: balance, dream, gtd, work, workaholic | 6 comments»

Are you a Workaholic?

In a world where it is so easy to work from anywhere at anytime, the lines between your professional life and your personal life can blur very easily. Dana Mattioli gives her take on how to assess whether your professional life is taking over your personal life. The following are the five indiciators Dana believes can be used to determine if you are a "workaholic."Preoccupation with work. Workaholics… Continue reading

January 25 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: Management, work, work/life-balance, workaholic | 2 comments»