Work-Life Balance

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Travel with a purpose: How to combine your favorite hobbies with traveling Charlotte Giver

In our modern and hectic world, it seems that the days of traveling just for the sake of it are mostly over for many of us. Mindlessly wandering around as a tourist is a bit passé; nowadays, it is much better if you can let your favorite pastimes take you to new places, combining both kinds of fun at the same time. Read More

JOMO is the new FOMO – and it's perfect for preventing burnout Meredith Lepore

First, there was FOMO, which addressed that universal feeling we have developed thanks to social media. Now there’s JOMO, the joy of missing out. Read More

7 tactics to help you keep engaged at work in the heat Ladders Contributor

It can be really difficult to motivate yourself to tackle a mountain of emails when your get up and go, has got up and gone – to a beach, with a sangria in one hand and an ice-lolly in the other. Read More

The 2 lessons about happiness that completely changed my mindset Ladders Contributor

Recently, I’ve had two eye-opening realizations about life and they’ve helped me feel happiness when things aren’t going as planned. Read More

This CEO dropped everything and moved to Bali and it changed his life completely Meredith Lepore

It sounds like the plot of a movie. Super successful CEO has a great job but is feeling burned out and never get to see his family and friends because of his career success. So he decides to drop everything and move to Bali. But this isn’t a movie plot. This is what Ben Feder, the entrepreneur behind Take Two Interactive and the now President of International Partnership for Chinese internet titan firm, Tencent did. Read More

How 10 celebrities say they integrate work-life balance Jennifer Parris

10 celebrities share how they try to integrate work and life. Despite fame and fortune, work-life balance plagues all parents, regardless of their paycheck. Read More

Survey: 68% of workers say children more difficult to manage than employees in the summer Jane Burnett

Research reveals that 68% of employees say that their kids are tougher “to manage” during summer break than their workers. Read More

These are the countries with the best work-life balance Meredith Lepore

All eyes are on the world’s best soccer teams right now, but what about which countries have the best work life balance for their employees? OK, so it isn’t quite as exciting but if you have no work life balance then you have no time to watch soccer so there you go. Read More

I'm a neurosurgeon, and the best morning routine I've found only consists of 3 simple steps Ladders Contributor

As a busy neurosurgeon, wrestling coach, author, speaker, and dad, my morning routine is the secret to my success. It consists of only three simple steps that set the rest of my day up for productivity — I call it my triple threat. Read More

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