“You are as much defined by the things you don’t do as by the things you do.” — Tessa Thompson
10 Ideas For The Interested This Week
15 Truths About Work-Life Balance That Just Might Help You Find It
Work-life balance isn’t easy.
One of the biggest reasons for that is the countless myths we tell ourselves about why we can’t find balance, what might happen if we cut back on our work, and even what balance actually is.
There’s no magic bullet to ensure you find balance in your life, but the following are some ideas to help you reframe how to think about work-life balance and get you closer to achieving it.
Commit to Something
“The most menacing dragons that stand in the way are the everyday boredom, and distraction, and uncertainty that can erode our ability to commit to anything for the long haul.”
It Only Takes 25% of a Group to Change the Group’s Opinion
“The knowledge that just 25 percent of a population can affect social change could be both encouraging and, well, slightly frightening. For social activists, this news is likely reassuring. They don’t need to convert an entire population to their view — 25 percent will do — and a single person really can make a difference.”
There Is No Right Decision
“Choices can be well reasoned or poorly reasoned. Their results can be surprisingly beneficial or surprisingly damaging. But there’s no such thing as a categorically right course of action, just an array of possible ones — and for each, a sprawling, endless web of consequences.”
Stop Trying to Change Yourself
“We don’t know what change is because we don’t know what the hell we are. If I wake up tomorrow and do the exact opposite of everything I do today, am I a changed person? Or am I simply the same person who decided to try something different?”
This Is What Happens When We Sleep
“The waking brain is optimized for collecting external stimuli, the sleeping brain for consolidating the information that’s been collected. At night, that is, we switch from recording to editing, a change that can be measured on the molecular scale. We’re not just rotely filing our thoughts — the sleeping brain actively curates which memories to keep and which to toss.”
Money Is Fuel
“The purpose of a car is to go somewhere and fuel helps you get there. The purpose of a company is to accomplish something, to advance a greater cause, to contribute to society. And money will help you get there.”
There’s Only One Thing That Matters in Business
“No business ever failed to take off because they used Quickbooks instead of Xero, or because they chose the wrong free CRM or because they chose chose logo A instead of logo B. The reason your business is not taking off is because your product is not good enough. Period.”
Middle Children Are Becoming Extinct
“Families with two or fewer kids have become the norm for every demographic group. Middle children, the most populous birth-order demographic throughout most of human history, will soon be the tiniest.”