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Published: 11/19/10

Opinion: Work-Life Balance Is a Myth

By not in system - AOL News

(Nov. 19) -- Many businesses, large and small, are to be commended for being innovative with policies that foster work-life balance. I agree that we've come a long way in even acknowledging the need for work-life balance. However, I'd like to suggest that work-life balance is a myth. The image that work-life balance evokes is of a scale, with work on one side and life on the other. I've always wondered, "Isn't work a part of life?" A recent survey of 300 mostly women and a few men indicated that over 80 percent cannot separate work from home. Their work computer is on 24/7 -- not to mention ...

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Published: 09/8/10

Opinion: Taking Your Work Personally

By not in system - AOL News

(Sept. 8) -- Work-life balance is a hot topic. People often ask me questions about how to define the boundaries between business and personal commitments. Should I include the personal things with the business stuff on my "projects" lists? Should I have "reorganize the garden area" on the same list as "reorganize my department"? The answer is that it depends on the purpose of your list. But if you have the same reason for lists that I do -- to get everything off your mind, except whatever you're currently doing, as quickly and easily as possible -- then having everything, whether you'd ...

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Published: 08/6/10

Study: Women Don't Have More Work to Do, After All

By Jordan Carr - AOL News

(Aug. 6) -- There's a new voice in the never-ending argument of who works harder, men or women. A new study from the London School of Economics has come up with an unexpected answer to that question, at least as it applies to Europe. Data gathered from across the European Union showed that both men and women generally put in about 8 hours of productive work -- including both paid jobs and unpaid housework -- per day. Catherine Hakim, an LSE sociologist, said the study's conclusion "overturns the well-entrenched theory that women work disproportional long hours in jobs and at home in juggling ...

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Published: 05/21/10

Work-Life Balancing Act? Congress Says 'No' on Safety Net

By Sarah Wildman - Politics Daily

Close your eyes and picture the typical home-and-work high-wire act. For most of us it looks like this: a harried mom of two (or one, or three) coming in the house, bags of groceries in both arms, throwing off a suit jacket, peeling kids off her shins, checking her BlackBerry, trying not to let the pasta water boil over, and promising the report will get finished just as soon as the kids are asleep, dammit. To complete many such pictures, there is often another acrobat in the picture: an equally overworked man also trying to balance it all. Fact: The number of dual-income households has ...

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