This document provides guidance on achieving work-life balance. It discusses defining work-life balance, recognizing when balance is lost, consequences of imbalance, and tips for improving balance. Specifically, it suggests that balance means having control over one's work and fulfilling responsibilities with minimal conflict. It lists 18 signs that balance may be lost and consequences like reduced satisfaction and health issues. Finally, it recommends tactics like setting boundaries, prioritizing important aspects of life, and regularly reassessing goals.

3. Facilitator:
Prof. V. Viswanadham

9. How to balance work and life ?
and how to impro ve
the existing work-life balance ?

11. 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
individual’s 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

12. What is
Work-
Work-Life Balance?
Work life balance
is an individual’s ability
to fulfill their work and
lifestyle responsibilities
with minimal conflict and
maximum contentment.

13. More efficient
Management of work
Martin

14. What
is
your
present
score ?

15. What
is
your
Self score
out of 80 ?

16. Wheel of Life

17. What
do
you
want
your score
to be ?

18. Aspect of your Work Life Balance AsAs of Today 2011 AsSix months later
on 13th Oct on 31st Dec 2011
Self Score
Finances - out of 10
Health - out of 10
Family and Friends AND Romance - out of 20
Personal Growth - out of 10
Fun and Recreation - out of 10
Physical Environment - out of 10
Business / Career - out of 10
Total Score out of 80

19. “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."

22. 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

25. How to recognize when you are losing balance?
18 ideas on taking
inventory of your life and thoughts
1. Am I continually ill?
2. Do I suffer mood swings everyday?
3. Do I constantly crave and over-indulge in
something?
4. Do others seem to be moving forward
when I am not?
5. Do I wish I was someone else?
and further . . . .
.

26. How to recognize when you are losing balance?
6. Do I wish I was somewhere else?
7. Am I envious of another?
8. When I do things for others do I feel sad
and empty?
9. Am I unhappy with ME, inside and out?
and further . . . . .

27. 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 . . . . .

28. 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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29. Consequences of
Work - Life imbalance
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.

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

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39. Work-Life Effectiveness
Career
Self Life Family
Community

40. Have you
ever thought of
your purpose of life
in respect of
each of these
multiple roles ?
~ an attempt to express
all priorities and important aspects of
one’s ideal life?
Then, really plan to achieve your priorities ?

42. OPTIMAL WORK – LIFE
BALANCE ZONE
AMOUNT OF PRESSURE
Boredom Mistakes
Apathy Poor Judgment
Lethargy Bad Decisions

43. DO YOU CONSIDER
YOUR WORK-LIFE BALANCE
TO BE IN BALANCE
OR
OUT OF BALANCE ?

44. 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.

46. You have got to work hard
to find a life.
When you find it,
you can think of
how to juggle & balance
both.

48. 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 ?

49. 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

51. Work-
Work-Life Balance Decisions
1. Honestly assess How much Balance You Want
2. Choose a Talented, Supportive Companion (Spouse)
3. Clearly Communicate Career Expectations
4. Manage Work Expectations (set boundaries)
5. Refresh Yourself Regularly (take vacations)
6. Include your Spouse in Every Major Career Decision
7. Recognize there will be Tradeoffs
8. Review and Reassess regularly – Be reasonable and
responsive to the changing situations.

52. 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.

53. 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.

55. What is LIFE?
Life is a time period
between your ‘birth’ and
the ultimate and certain – ‘death’
And, it’s full of CHOICES……
You choose how you want it to be.

57. YOUR LIFE NEEDS SELF MANAGEMENT
LIFE MGT. L=T
MIND MGT. T=Q
DEV. MGT. P=E
L=T=T=Q=P=E

58. THE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS
PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE

59. S. M. I. L. E.
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

60. URU
YOU ARE UNIQUE !

61. Life-
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)
Don’t you want to join that 3 per cent ?

62. Which
HALF
is Better ?

63. BE A BETTER BETTER-HALF
If you are married,
become your spouse’s 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.

64. Physically – Active
Mentally – Alert
Intellectually – Inspired
Spiritually – Awakened
Emotionally – Balanced
Morally – Strengthened
Socially - Relevant
So as to be a POSITIVE, CONSTRUCTIVE and
CONTRIBUTING CITIZEN OF THE SOCIETY.
BECOME A SEED – AFFECT ETERNITY – AWAKEN DIVINITY

65. 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.

66. 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.

67. W. A. T. C. H.
W = WORDS
A = ACTIONS
T = THOUGHTS
C = CHARACTER
H = HEAD & HEART

69. AT LEAST
1 % OF YOUR TIME
TO BE INVESTED IN
GOOD READING
SO AS TO
PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE
FUTURE

70. THE SECRET OF SUCCESS :
CONSTANTLY & CONTINUOUSLY
FUTURE
PRESENT
PAST

71. COMMITMENT +
DISCIPLINE +
PERSEVERANCE
ADOPT WORK IS WORSHIP ATTITUDE

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74. ?

75. The Importance of
quality time with family
1. TURN OFF THE CELL PHONE,
WHEN ENJOYING LEISURE ACTIVITIES.
2. CUT DOWN YOUR
TELEVISION TIME.
3. PROPER APPORTIONMENT
OF TIME BETWEEN
FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

80. START THE DAY WITH L O V E
SPEND THE DAY WITH L O V E
FILL THE DAY WITH LOVE
END THE DAY WITH LOVE
~ THAT IS THE WAY
TO DEVELOP

81. LOVE AND HOPE
ARE THE ONLY
REAL THINGS
THAT MAKE US LIVE
AND LOVE TO LIVE

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84. Learn
to
Learn

85. Learn to
Know

86. Learn to
Be

87. Learn to
Do

88. Learn to
Live
Together

89. Learn to
Help Ever
Hurt Never

90. Learn to
Be
Dignified

91. Learn to
Be Different

92. Learn to
G
through l i f e.
[ Don’t merely go through life ]

93. Learn to
ve
e r
b s
O

94. Being open to …
almost everything.
Open towards
feedback,
negative comments,
consumers,
other approaches,
new technology, …
Be Open minded Only with an open
mind,
in the broadest sense
of the word,
you can survive

95. Have Drive
& Passion
Energy,
energy,
energy!
A positive and
energitic attitude
is what it takes
to drive change.

96. ppy
Ha
Be
Be happy and
be positive.
Find happiness
in making other
people happy.

97. Attitude
Action

98. Positive
Attitude
Positive
Action

99. Positive
Action
Positive
Results

100. Remember—
EVERY
SECOND
COUNTS

101. To sum up:
• You are the author of your life:
live your life in line with YOUR values
and YOUR principles !!!
• Don’t 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.

102. To sum up:
• You are the story-writer.
You are going to write the screenplay.
You are the DIRECTOR of your life.
More importantly,
You are the PRODUCER.
The Whole World is eagerly waiting to watch you.
The ALL PERVADING POWER wants you to SUCCEED.
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR ?

103. 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?

104. If you don’t practice – you don’t gain.
If you practice – You gain. . . .
Ag ain. . . and
Ag ai n .

105. May GOD help YOU
in achieving your Goals.
And remember,
GOD helps those
who help themselves.

106. Please
Put
Something
into practice
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107. What
shall
we
do
now ?

109. Deshamunu
Preminchumanna
Manchiannadi
Penchumanna
Vottimatalu
Kattipettoy
Gattimel
Talapettavoy
Love your Motherland
Do your bit to increase the Good
Stop the habit of merely talking
Contemplate on doing real Good

111. GOOD LUCK

112. Please visit:
www.archive.org
and search for
POOLABATA
to read freely
5 publications in Telugu
and 2 publications in English
relating to Personality Development
Also, search for Deshamunu Preminchumanna
for a small booklet in Telugu

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