WORK HARD PLAY HARD: Can you really find work life balance? Nigel Marsh (TED speaker & author)

Escape the nine to five: how to design your career

"Is having work-life balance achievable?"

"Is it realistic?"

"What does work-life balance even mean to me?"

These might be questions you've asked.

You want a successful career, you want to earn good money, but you're also getting stressed out. You're not spending enough time with family and friends, barely any time for hobbies, let alone some exercise at the end of your workday.

Something's gotta give.

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Who better to discuss work-life balance thank Nigel Marsh; an advertising executive who lost his job with four young kids and decided to remain unemployed for a year to spend time with his family and figure out what work-life balance meant to him.

He's also done a wildly popular TED talk on work-life balance, authored multiple books including his latest book "Smart, Stupid & Sixty". Nigel has his own podcast, The Five of My Life, as well as speaking around the world about his experiences.

His book: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/smart-stupid-and-sixty-9780143794363

Website: https://www.nigelmarsh.com

>> WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

1. What timeframe you should measure your own work-life balance by.
2. Why the world's problems are not your problem.
3. Don't wait for death, disease, redundancy or divorce to make change; you can start small.

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>> TAKE HOME CHALLENGE: WORK-LIFE BALANCE

Privately, ask yourself:

• What type of person do I want to be?
• What type of life do I want to lead?
• What type of legacy do I want to leave?

Then ask yourself:

• What type of person am I?
• What type of life am I leading?
• What type of legacy will I leave, if I carry on this way?

Identify if there is a gap between those two things and finally ask yourself:

• Am I going to do anything about the gap?

Decide don't slide.

Podcast genre: career change, career transition, work life balance, great resignation.

Podcast also known as: escape the 9 to 5