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Work-Life Balance

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Work-life balance is developing a healthy balance between working and personal lives. Workaholism is detrimental to your physical and mental well-being.
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Work-life balance describes the ideal circumstance in which employees can split their time and energy between work and other vital aspects of life. Although achieving work-life balance seems easy, it is usually a daily challenge. People find that in addition to time spent at work, it is difficult to make time for family, friends, community, spirituality, personal growth, self-care, and other personal activities. This book will help you manage your work-life balance by exploring ways to experience a fulfilling life outside of work. You will discover how work-life balance helps improve work performance while reducing stress and avoiding burnout.

About the Author

John J. Liptak is an internationally-recognized author with thirty years of work experience providing counseling. He has authored over 100 workbooks with Ester Leutenberg, 31 career assessment instruments, and ten books. John earned an Ed.D. in Counselor Education from Virginia Tech. He lives in Radford, Virginia, in the United States and is President of the Center for Career Assessment, Inc. John has written seven books for Bookboon.

  • About the Author
  • Preface
  1. Work & Life Out of Balance
    1. Introduction
    2. Consequences of Poor Work-Life Balance
    3. Why Life Gets Out of Balance
    4. Difficulty of Work-Life Balance
    5. Exploring Your Work-Life Balance
  2. When Work Becomes Workaholism
    1. Introduction
    2. Symptoms of Work Addiction
    3. The Health Effects of Workaholism
    4. Levels of Workaholism
    5. Why People Become Workaholics
    6. Work Passionately Not Obsessively
  3. Use Leisure Time Well
    1. Introduction
    2. My Leisure Interests
    3. Facts About Leisure
    4. Balancing Work and Leisure
    5. Get Started
  4. Care For Yourself
    1. Introduction
    2. Self-Care
    3. Volunteer
    4. Healthy Pleasures
    5. Set Boundaries
  5. Balancing Work and Family
    1. Introduction
    2. Family-Friendly Work Arrangements
    3. Two-Career Couples
    4. Work Together
  6. Avoiding Burnout
    1. Introduction
    2. Problems for Employers
    3. A Three-Symptom Syndrome
    4. What is Burnout?
    5. Preventing & Recovering from Burnout
  7. References
This has been a very interesting read, really useful for me right now. Thank you!
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