I worked for a company nearly two decades and there was literally no work-life freedom for many years. My second year at company manager brings me in tells me I've got to be really committed to the job now, extra responsibilities etc, but where was the pay? At the time was only making 9 bucks an hour. Then I started going to school that same year, big mistake. Because of this commitment the manager had spoken of I was called upon many days to work overtime. The job itself was a strict 8-5, Monday-Friday, but with the overtime and the school schedules, this was before online schooling was popular, i basically had to drop all my courses for two semesters. Then there was overbearing work some years that was like wtf. Really. The managers said to be committed to job, but the only people who were making bank at the company were the owners, millions a year, then they retired, the only people from that company who benefited from the commitment. It really made me aware too late in life, that a worker should not be loyal to a job if it's a hostile work environment but I was loyal for way too many years.
This works for people that aren’t struggling which is 3% of the population. For most work is about survival. This world and your job are not your goal, your self centered wants are also not your goal. We are here to serve God and help each other and that comes with pain and sacrifice sometimes, its not running at the beach on a whim or whenever things get difficult.
This is basically how it is in Scandinavia as far as I have seen. it comes down to the actual mentality of the people I believe. If a company trusts their people then it will be like how Simon said everywhere in the world.
Unfortunately, in many fields it's not so easy. In some - quite impossible. When you have work that MUST be done in team or simply customers come to you, and you're bound to be for them between 8 a.m. till 4 p.m., then you can't just call and take a day off.
I have seen quite a few blatantly lazy colleagues when I was working for a large company in Singapore in my mid to late twenties. There was one head of department who was a complete jerk , constantly wasting time with unnecessary meetings . He loved his own voice. I went free lance after working for 4 years gaining skills and experience. In theory, the income can fluctuate wildly month to month but thank Jesus i made good money regularly for the past 20 plus years. Control over my hours and the people I deal with.
I still think work and life are opposing forces even if you have a job that you enjoy. You simply can't do recreational things if you have too many hours of work to do. So for me, balance is the logical word. The more hours worked, the less time for other things. I think all the recent talk about how balance is the wrong word and it really should be "harmony" or "integration" is the result of overthinking something that is actually very simple.
I agree. I would add that it also depends a bit on how much energy your work requires. If it requires a lot.. you need to balance it out with more downtime. We all know 8h work days are not the way for most jobs.
I heard the phrase ‘work life harmony’ once (can’t remember the source) and have adopted that phrase vs ‘work life balance’. What Simon shares is idealistic and certainly doable in certain occupations. Unfortunately, those in retail, client facing positions just don’t have the ability to have much flexibility in their work day as they are expected to be at their desk or on the floor to serve clients that walk in the door at a time of the clients choosing.
"Who should work and life be in opposition". I love that. The goal is not to change THAT you work, it's HOW you work. Where and why and how are so critical.
I relocated to a place renown for hiking adventures, so that I would be able to work and go for a hike or camp out, during the week and weekends rather than enjoy one - 4 week holiday a year. Work-life balance is achievable.
@Hubert Harmon that's usually their mindset, but keeping employees happy and healthy would promote more productivity, thus driving profit. On paper, I should add
@@MichaelNealeYT hey Michael, why wait? why not try to make it happen? talk to your boss or you know the man in charge and introduce this idea to them. ask them to try it out for a bit and see the results. I believe it would do wonders. please let me know of the results if you did.
That’s like waiting for Governments to be just. You need to understand the environment and intent. This guy is wishy washy, this isn’t real life. He o nay knows his own mind and this world so everything revolves around those factors, he doesn’t know God.
It is incredible that I found this channel at this time in my life where I'm around 40 and I'm starting a career as freelancer because I feel that being employed has never really worked out well for me in all these years that I have been working after graduating despite the fact that I have always been considered a very good and dependable professional. Now I want to see how it works out on my how, what I'll be able to do. And this channel is a great resource to have a better chance of "doing it right".
Be careful, what he speaks is just flowery ideals. These thoughts are unGodly, ultimately we need to humble ourselves before God and a awful as it sounds part of that is serving others as we are a reflection of God. I earn several six figure income and found out all selfish success mindset is a deception.
We completely agree with your Concept of work life balance Simon. Work and Personal life should be confined by your level of effort and time allocation. The issue in today's society is that we tend to prioritize money over personal balance, and we end up working for something or someone we don't even like, which makes our lives so stressful...
Thank you, Simon, for this. Several years ago, I replaced work-life balance with work-play-rest balance. It has been a truly positive change for me, and I have yet to say it to someone who didn't get the difference.
As being a freelancer myself I 100% second this smooth "merge" of work and "none-work". Having the autonomy and flexibility to decide working times/days yourself is the dream-scenario for probably a lot of people. And at the same time there is also some people who need more guidance and more "rules" to function well. Finding a common ground, a balanced solution, that works for both types of people (and all the other people in between on this spectrum) is essential imo.
I work for the money. I literally don't want anything to do with my work, I just do it for the ends. Work being "life" is a privilege, most of the time you will have shit work and just put it up with the money. Me all I'm saying is I'm doing this for my financial goals so I can LIVE. I work to live not live to work and that's fine.
I've taken issue with calling it work life balance as well. I struggle with allocating too much energy into work and not having enough left for myself. I'm working on it, but I'm calling it sustainable work habits. Sustainable in that I can keep working and avoid burnout, but also sustainable in that I can work and still have energy to be a human outside of work.
I love the concept you speak of but it only works for jobs that can afford to do it. It doesn’t work for emergency services, police, fire, ambulance, which are jobs that impact life or death if people don’t come to work. These are also jobs that have a huge impact on the mental health of the workers. That’s hard to reconcile.
Kevin, you make a very valid point. It would be awesome if we could find a happy medium for the amazing people that keep us safe in emergency services!
I would like to ask everyone here to pray for our home and our people here in South Africa. A revolution is starting and mass looting and destruction of malls and shopping centers, all for a fight to release a criminal with 700+ cases against his name from prison. We fear for what will happen next and we need the prayers from everyone around the world to ask God to save this once beautiful country. I thank you all kindly. God bless!
In my last job all the IT went down across the country. The IT team advised it wouldn't be up again until 4.00pm. Our management made us sit there all day doing absolutely nothing until it came back up at 4.00pm as the IT group had said. They wouldn't give an inch. Even though I started work 30 mins early due to my bus times and most days worked through my lunch, they were really mad at me when I was late only for 2 days as we had a massive gas leak in the village and the bus took a detour and didn't come to our stop. They were all take and no give. The worst people I have ever worked for
Since i’ve put the people on the working floor on first place. Give them a piece of the company. Created modern benefits. Care for their ups and lows. My work/life balance has been better than ever.
I've had to learn that as a mature student now and back when I was a commercial cleaner too. Often I can't work on school projects before afternoon so I've learned to go with it and use mornings for personal things that I enjoy. My last boss let me work mon-thurs, take fri off and work sometime on the weekend with my cleaning contracts. As a single parent I preferred this because I worked evenings and not going in fri meant I could have three days in the week off instead of two because I could go in through the day Sat. My last boss rocked with this flexibility. As long as I got my contracts done by monday 8 am he didn't care when I went in. The no cleaning on weekends rule some companies had didn't make sense to me. It just worked better for some.
Although most businesses in America are understaffed, employees are overwhelmed by workload, I still hope these beautiful concepts can be achieved in the future.. task based work environment is the future
Great concept, but seems to only be for a certain type of job/career… there are people who work in trades and/or service industries where this isn’t considered an option. Especially small business, small meaning less than 20 people, not 500.
I think that’s good advice for ‘some’ but definitely not all. Separating work and life is essential for some and allowing the 2 things to be seen as one thing is ‘unhealthy’ for them.
Both my husband and I were dual military raising a blended family of 8 ..work life balance was literally us making choices to take a break from the robotic mindset, that helped. You def have to do your job but you also need to realize you are a human not a robot lol. We both are happier now being dual retired
Simon, I totally agree with you. We are the same person we just wear differrant hats while at work or at play or at thw beach. Now, working from home, I can bake during my lunch break when I want to. Some are blessed with good health that we do not call sick to be absent for work at all. Haha!
Dear Simon as you clearly mentioned "in our little company" that means this will work when/if everybody has the same mindset from the Executives to the cleaning staff. Which is great! Thinking, wishing, expecting that we/people will find it in every company is unfortunately not the reality I'm really an infinite believer and I really admire your mindset Which from the beginning reminded me a lot to Thomas Derale in "The Big 5 for Life" Fantastic mindset! But sometimes I wonder if you've considered the Big Picture and how to adapt/develop your concept/vision to all the other companies and their goals, to other countries worldwide and especially to totally different cultures and working mindset, to employment contracts and laws etcetera etcetera Btw mentioning that nowadays employees can been fired by an algorithm So, idealistically yes it will work! Practically? Well, there is a lot to do! Don't forget we cannot all work with you
He seems like a great person to work for, and I imagine that even with things like duvet days his employees are much happier and overall more productive than most. Sadly the vast majority of companies and professions in the U.S. don't allow for this type of thing.
And this is why we are so over worked and under paid as a whole in the American society. We are morons who ALLOW these ways of life instead of trying to be the change and seek better avenues or try to change it yourself. If we revolted or put our foots down and grew a pair to speak up these trends would not continue. There are more of us than big wigs with full bank accounts that NEED us.
@@wdrumz It seems that you're basically describing the unionization of the entire U.S. working population, or at least the unhappy part of that population. In theory it's a fantastic idea, and I 100% agree that the work culture in the U.S. is terrible, but unions only work if people toe the line and stand their ground. People with young kids and families just can't afford to do this, because there's someone else to take their place in a heartbeat in any job that pays above min wage. It's not so much about intelligence as survival. The 1% know this and prey on it. I'm sincerely hopeful that people like Simon are a sign of what's to come, he seems to understand the root of the problem.
Very true...I see some comments you can do that in small companies only... it can be done in big company...it is about the leadership... how can you talk about work life balance if your executives are just up to performance and do not give you a rest... find better ones... they are out there, trust me..
Work we do to earn money is part of the life like we cook to fill stomach. Not separate from life. Main thing is to bring sync between practical requirements like earning money to buy daily requirements, eating healthy to have good health with our desire to spend time in vacation and eating tasty processed food. When our mind learns to enjoy the activities which are in balance with with practical requirements and our desire life will be smooth.
Great! With all due respect, if I call in sick to enjoy a day, next day everyone will hate me. Also, if I call in sick I can't be able to receive complete salary and support many people around. Therefore, I think I will start thinking to quit my job and rethink what I am gonna do with my maybe rest of 10 years..☹ Young people please listen and stop wasting your time. He is here to help. Reach him out at the workshops in his web. Thank you.
Hi Simon, I am in middle of reading your book “ Start with Why”. I learn that our emotions are extremely important. They are the powerful source inside us which makes us have a sense of why. Having our sense of why, we will live a fulfilling life. So, can you recommend any books related to the power of emotions similar to the idea mentioned in your book? To be honest, I am currently struggling to find out true emotions inside myself. I am always a huge fan of your books. Many thanks!
This is really nice. But harder to implement. Harder in the sense that each individual should be 100% disciplined. If not more rules might be required to make sure the free nature is not abused.
Work should come first. Work should be something you also love. But you definitely have to find time for fun, family, and rest once you have finished your work, study, or whatever you have to do.
I think this is amazing if you have the occupation and resources to live this type of life. Unfortunately, with the rising cost of living and stagnant wages, people have to "work" and many are not in a position to have jobs that allow for this level of harmony. I'm hoping for more conversations of "work-life harmony" for people who don't work for Facebook, lol.
Companies need to realize that your personal time is not your availability to them as an employee. Its time to treat people as people. Stop the madness of work before life.
For those of us who love our work and are privileged to choose when we work, work-life boundaries are often essential so that we don't work all the time. As someone who can easily get lost in my work, I have found that having set work times for my days are vital for a healthy personal life. Is this true for anyone else?
@@alespogacnik actually, I am. I don’t understand freedom to be absent the presence of others. Choosing to be able to serve others as they are where they are is freedom.
I guess the only thing we can do as doctors is work in or build organisations where we’re in a team of physicians with equivalent abilities, so that there’s someone else to take your place in case you’re unable to work (and can actually even take a duvet day!)
Hey Simon, thanks for sharing. Just would want to know how you would adopt this in a workplace without causing low productivity or slowing the team progress? As not everyone would have the same level of commitment to the job, and there will be people abusing such privilege of liberty. Hope ot hear more from you. Loves from Malaysia
Well i am in a team with clear goals. You hit your targets or you don't. We have build strong trust and caring relationship in the team so why would we abuse the system and not do the work. The whole pandemic forced us to work from home. Because trust was already build it was not a big deal for my manager. The leaders who have questions about people abusing the system would need to work on trust and goal settings with their teams
It's based on trust. It is your duty as manager to built trust in the team in the first place. Taking into accountability that you have a great team with good dynamic that delivers all the time, offering more trust by implementing this balance will support them in their motivation and will help them deliver even better. Because now they will start loving their job more. Is like a ROI in business. Which it actually is. :D
I wish we had this idyllic world that we could take a break when our body and soul are screaming 'it's not happening in workplaces, people and employers don't care about the workers they only care about doing money.I was shocked about a story about pregnant Nurses and doctors that worked over 26 hours nonstop until they lost the baby, and the hospital managers didn't care about the horrible situation and asked them to keep working, not sending them even to check up. they were afraid to tell their husbands that it happened because of hard work and pressure so they faked a miscarriage at home, and it happened in a place that needs to take care of the health of people.it's absurd
You shouldn't let personal life, hobbies, and relationships eat into your work time and efficiency. Having said that, those are also very important. Work and responsibilities always come first.
This is a good idea but can this be implemented at the ground level? This can work in an environment where you have freedom and your boss doesn’t micromanage..
Simon, those late afternoon runs would require us to “catch up later”. Presence is still required in most firms. I’d rather finish work and be done than oscillate between the two. Anyone reading this who feels a failure for NOT adopting that….we are not.
Thank you for normalizing this Simon! I think work-life balance is crap. It paints the wrong picture and, yes, sets the two things against each other vs. encouraging collaboration between the two. Just like we don't all learn the same, we don't all work or live the same either. Which is ridiculously obvious, but society's structure doesn't support that. So if you are a freelancer or business owner and you are realizing you've built a business you hate because it's exactly like what you left, try writing out some lifestyle goals and boundaries along with your business ones and readjust the way your work and live accordingly! It's never too late to find joy in life again.
Good ideas and understanding of the inner concept of balance, however this sort of mindset is also dependent on your role and the company you work for (or with), not all roles allow for flexibility nor all work cultures will be understanding of this kind of approach. Issues I have now is that many company cultures are trying to sneeze more and more out of their employees with no real long term benefits for going "above and beyond" all the time, so the concept of work/life balance I think it a nature response to this.
Yeah, when I think of work-life balance, I think of it more in terms of aggressively reclaiming my time away from work bc companies don't care. Our work culture in the US is so bad about tending to workers' well being that it's on us to be mindful of how much we put into work vs other things. Oftentimes, that means completely separating work life and home life. I agree with the concepts in this video, but it's not very realistic, esp as someone who works in healthcare.
It's necessary to be mindful of your own health/work life, especially since many companies have such shitty health insurance. If you get sick, you risk being sent a huge medical bill that will take you a while to pay off and the sad truth is, whatever made you sick could be lifestyle related.
"Why should work and life be in opposition?" Because at work I am not my real self. If I discussed my personal beliefs, religious or political beliefs at the office I would be reprimanded by HR. The person I pretend to be at work is completely manufactured and fake, THAT is why work and personal life is in opposition.
First thing I think about is ,what if a bunch of guys at work decides to take a 24hr leave at once. I mean, who's going to take care of the business/company? I think this is the reason why a lot of people call in sick / fake their sickness because it's just not possible to decide in a split of a second to have a vacation / stay out of office .
I worked for a company nearly two decades and there was literally no work-life freedom for many years. My second year at company manager brings me in tells me I've got to be really committed to the job now, extra responsibilities etc, but where was the pay? At the time was only making 9 bucks an hour. Then I started going to school that same year, big mistake. Because of this commitment the manager had spoken of I was called upon many days to work overtime. The job itself was a strict 8-5, Monday-Friday, but with the overtime and the school schedules, this was before online schooling was popular, i basically had to drop all my courses for two semesters. Then there was overbearing work some years that was like wtf. Really. The managers said to be committed to job, but the only people who were making bank at the company were the owners, millions a year, then they retired, the only people from that company who benefited from the commitment. It really made me aware too late in life, that a worker should not be loyal to a job if it's a hostile work environment but I was loyal for way too many years.
1:22: "I also can't decide when I need a break. Sometimes, it's something I _feel_ , not something I _plan for_ ." Love this!
"The more seamless that we can make work and life, the more we start to enjoy both more" Spot on, Simon!
This works for people that aren’t struggling which is 3% of the population. For most work is about survival. This world and your job are not your goal, your self centered wants are also not your goal. We are here to serve God and help each other and that comes with pain and sacrifice sometimes, its not running at the beach on a whim or whenever things get difficult.
This is basically how it is in Scandinavia as far as I have seen. it comes down to the actual mentality of the people I believe. If a company trusts their people then it will be like how Simon said everywhere in the world.
Unfortunately, in many fields it's not so easy. In some - quite impossible. When you have work that MUST be done in team or simply customers come to you, and you're bound to be for them between 8 a.m. till 4 p.m., then you can't just call and take a day off.
I never heard of that and I've been here all my life.
I have seen quite a few blatantly lazy colleagues when I was working for a large company in Singapore in my mid to late twenties. There was one head of department who was a complete jerk , constantly wasting time with unnecessary meetings . He loved his own voice. I went free lance after working for 4 years gaining skills and experience. In theory, the income can fluctuate wildly month to month but thank Jesus i made good money regularly for the past 20 plus years. Control over my hours and the people I deal with.
I still think work and life are opposing forces even if you have a job that you enjoy. You simply can't do recreational things if you have too many hours of work to do. So for me, balance is the logical word. The more hours worked, the less time for other things. I think all the recent talk about how balance is the wrong word and it really should be "harmony" or "integration" is the result of overthinking something that is actually very simple.
You've Said it best. Everyone is trying to place these concepts in a box and package them and be cool about it
I agree.
I would add that it also depends a bit on how much energy your work requires. If it requires a lot.. you need to balance it out with more downtime.
We all know 8h work days are not the way for most jobs.
Absolutely
Oh...to be so blessed as to have these choices.
Factsssss 🤣🤣🤣
The first bad choice you made was not choosing the ability to make future choices.
I heard the phrase ‘work life harmony’ once (can’t remember the source) and have adopted that phrase vs ‘work life balance’. What Simon shares is idealistic and certainly doable in certain occupations. Unfortunately, those in retail, client facing positions just don’t have the ability to have much flexibility in their work day as they are expected to be at their desk or on the floor to serve clients that walk in the door at a time of the clients choosing.
Jeff Bezos
"Who should work and life be in opposition". I love that. The goal is not to change THAT you work, it's HOW you work. Where and why and how are so critical.
I relocated to a place renown for hiking adventures, so that I would be able to work and go for a hike or camp out, during the week and weekends rather than enjoy one - 4 week holiday a year. Work-life balance is achievable.
This is so well put and I can't wait for companies to start realising that people aren't machines
@Hubert Harmon that's usually their mindset, but keeping employees happy and healthy would promote more productivity, thus driving profit. On paper, I should add
@@MichaelNealeYT hey Michael, why wait? why not try to make it happen? talk to your boss or you know the man in charge and introduce this idea to them. ask them to try it out for a bit and see the results. I believe it would do wonders. please let me know of the results if you did.
I think they do realize that because they try to replace people any chance they get with machines…
That’s like waiting for Governments to be just. You need to understand the environment and intent. This guy is wishy washy, this isn’t real life. He o nay knows his own mind and this world so everything revolves around those factors, he doesn’t know God.
they know that they just dont care
It is incredible that I found this channel at this time in my life where I'm around 40 and I'm starting a career as freelancer because I feel that being employed has never really worked out well for me in all these years that I have been working after graduating despite the fact that I have always been considered a very good and dependable professional. Now I want to see how it works out on my how, what I'll be able to do. And this channel is a great resource to have a better chance of "doing it right".
Be careful, what he speaks is just flowery ideals. These thoughts are unGodly, ultimately we need to humble ourselves before God and a awful as it sounds part of that is serving others as we are a reflection of God. I earn several six figure income and found out all selfish success mindset is a deception.
Totally agree. My CEO is around 65 years old and to him this is rocket science. And we are hostages of his '80s-'90s way of thinking 😔.
He's too old to change...
Danijel, I am sorry to hear that. Do you still work with this CEO?
We completely agree with your Concept of work life balance Simon. Work and Personal life should be confined by your level of effort and time allocation. The issue in today's society is that we tend to prioritize money over personal balance, and we end up working for something or someone we don't even like, which makes our lives so stressful...
Thank you, Simon, for this. Several years ago, I replaced work-life balance with work-play-rest balance. It has been a truly positive change for me, and I have yet to say it to someone who didn't get the difference.
Wow, Leigh, Work-Play-Rest Balance, Love that!
Work and personal life being "smooth" in transition, I love it.
yesss I love that so much to Becca!
Cultivate mind, body, and soul. Cultivate the inner life. But sooo much more, soooo much deeper.
As being a freelancer myself I 100% second this smooth "merge" of work and "none-work". Having the autonomy and flexibility to decide working times/days yourself is the dream-scenario for probably a lot of people. And at the same time there is also some people who need more guidance and more "rules" to function well.
Finding a common ground, a balanced solution, that works for both types of people (and all the other people in between on this spectrum) is essential imo.
I’m so proud of my manager he ensures we have a good work life balance
I work for the money. I literally don't want anything to do with my work, I just do it for the ends. Work being "life" is a privilege, most of the time you will have shit work and just put it up with the money. Me all I'm saying is I'm doing this for my financial goals so I can LIVE. I work to live not live to work and that's fine.
I've taken issue with calling it work life balance as well. I struggle with allocating too much energy into work and not having enough left for myself. I'm working on it, but I'm calling it sustainable work habits. Sustainable in that I can keep working and avoid burnout, but also sustainable in that I can work and still have energy to be a human outside of work.
Sustainable work habits, have not hear that one yet Luke! Nice one
I love the concept you speak of but it only works for jobs that can afford to do it. It doesn’t work for emergency services, police, fire, ambulance, which are jobs that impact life or death if people don’t come to work. These are also jobs that have a huge impact on the mental health of the workers. That’s hard to reconcile.
Kevin, you make a very valid point. It would be awesome if we could find a happy medium for the amazing people that keep us safe in emergency services!
Align yourself with who you are. Accept it, embrace it and just go with it. Things just start working from there.
I would like to ask everyone here to pray for our home and our people here in South Africa.
A revolution is starting and mass looting and destruction of malls and shopping centers, all for a fight to release a criminal with 700+ cases against his name from prison.
We fear for what will happen next and we need the prayers from everyone around the world to ask God to save this once beautiful country.
I thank you all kindly. God bless!
In my last job all the IT went down across the country. The IT team advised it wouldn't be up again until 4.00pm. Our management made us sit there all day doing absolutely nothing until it came back up at 4.00pm as the IT group had said. They wouldn't give an inch. Even though I started work 30 mins early due to my bus times and most days worked through my lunch, they were really mad at me when I was late only for 2 days as we had a massive gas leak in the village and the bus took a detour and didn't come to our stop. They were all take and no give. The worst people I have ever worked for
Since i’ve put the people on the working floor on first place. Give them a piece of the company. Created modern benefits. Care for their ups and lows.
My work/life balance has been better than ever.
I've had to learn that as a mature student now and back when I was a commercial cleaner too. Often I can't work on school projects before afternoon so I've learned to go with it and use mornings for personal things that I enjoy.
My last boss let me work mon-thurs, take fri off and work sometime on the weekend with my cleaning contracts. As a single parent I preferred this because I worked evenings and not going in fri meant I could have three days in the week off instead of two because I could go in through the day Sat. My last boss rocked with this flexibility. As long as I got my contracts done by monday 8 am he didn't care when I went in. The no cleaning on weekends rule some companies had didn't make sense to me. It just worked better for some.
Although most businesses in America are understaffed, employees are overwhelmed by workload, I still hope these beautiful concepts can be achieved in the future.. task based work environment is the future
They are under staffed because they don’t appreciate employees enough to ensure a worklife balance, and or comparable pay.
Great concept, but seems to only be for a certain type of job/career… there are people who work in trades and/or service industries where this isn’t considered an option. Especially small business, small meaning less than 20 people, not 500.
yea, considering a doctor can't just leave the hospital as they want it for a duvet day.
@@AidaAji yes he can if he not oncall
Yes, it is so true. Just trust your gut and be true to yourself. Violence breeds resistance. And kills the good spirit.
I think that’s good advice for ‘some’ but definitely not all.
Separating work and life is essential for some and allowing the 2 things to be seen as one thing is ‘unhealthy’ for them.
Yes, especially the last sentence, work and life shouldn’t be opposing 👍🏻
Both my husband and I were dual military raising a blended family of 8 ..work life balance was literally us making choices to take a break from the robotic mindset, that helped. You def have to do your job but you also need to realize you are a human not a robot lol. We both are happier now being dual retired
Simon, I totally agree with you. We are the same person we just wear differrant hats while at work or at play or at thw beach. Now, working from home, I can bake during my lunch break when I want to. Some are blessed with good health that we do not call sick to be absent for work at all. Haha!
This is why I am self-employed. I only answer to my customers and no one else.
In hospitality, this is an incredibly challenging concept to grasp onto.
They aren't opposites! Very rightly said! ☺️ 🙌
This is absolutely fantastic!! This is what I do and so good to see Simon saying it out loud
Seth Godin: I have no idea what this young man talking about but better nod my head LOL
Hahaha. Was thinking the same.
Lol
So am I, why i never did the Same?😂
😂😂😂
Gotta live honest and ideally in a trustworthy workplace.
Dear Simon as you clearly mentioned "in our little company" that means this will work when/if everybody has the same mindset from the Executives to the cleaning staff.
Which is great! Thinking, wishing, expecting that we/people will find it in every company is unfortunately not the reality
I'm really an infinite believer and I really admire your mindset Which from the beginning reminded me a lot to Thomas Derale in "The Big 5 for Life" Fantastic mindset!
But sometimes I wonder if you've considered the Big Picture and how to adapt/develop your concept/vision to all the other companies and their goals, to other countries worldwide and especially to totally different cultures and working mindset, to employment contracts and laws etcetera etcetera
Btw mentioning that nowadays employees can been fired by an algorithm
So, idealistically yes it will work!
Practically? Well, there is a lot to do!
Don't forget we cannot all work with you
He seems like a great person to work for, and I imagine that even with things like duvet days his employees are much happier and overall more productive than most. Sadly the vast majority of companies and professions in the U.S. don't allow for this type of thing.
And this is why we are so over worked and under paid as a whole in the American society. We are morons who ALLOW these ways of life instead of trying to be the change and seek better avenues or try to change it yourself. If we revolted or put our foots down and grew a pair to speak up these trends would not continue. There are more of us than big wigs with full bank accounts that NEED us.
@@wdrumz It seems that you're basically describing the unionization of the entire U.S. working population, or at least the unhappy part of that population. In theory it's a fantastic idea, and I 100% agree that the work culture in the U.S. is terrible, but unions only work if people toe the line and stand their ground. People with young kids and families just can't afford to do this, because there's someone else to take their place in a heartbeat in any job that pays above min wage. It's not so much about intelligence as survival. The 1% know this and prey on it.
I'm sincerely hopeful that people like Simon are a sign of what's to come, he seems to understand the root of the problem.
Very true...I see some comments you can do that in small companies only... it can be done in big company...it is about the leadership... how can you talk about work life balance if your executives are just up to performance and do not give you a rest... find better ones... they are out there, trust me..
Work we do to earn money is part of the life like we cook to fill stomach. Not separate from life. Main thing is to bring sync between practical requirements like earning money to buy daily requirements, eating healthy to have good health with our desire to spend time in vacation and eating tasty processed food.
When our mind learns to enjoy the activities which are in balance with with practical requirements and our desire life will be smooth.
Great! With all due respect, if I call in sick to enjoy a day, next day everyone will hate me. Also, if I call in sick I can't be able to receive complete salary and support many people around. Therefore, I think I will start thinking to quit my job and rethink what I am gonna do with my maybe rest of 10 years..☹ Young people please listen and stop wasting your time. He is here to help. Reach him out at the workshops in his web. Thank you.
Different perspective and different approach...as usual. Thank you, Simon.
100% agree, l just had one of those ‘duvet days’ today
Perfect 'Balance' (You and Seth Godin Together), Simon, as always. Cheers.
Hi Simon, I am in middle of reading your book “ Start with Why”. I learn that our emotions are extremely important. They are the powerful source inside us which makes us have a sense of why. Having our sense of why, we will live a fulfilling life. So, can you recommend any books related to the power of emotions similar to the idea mentioned in your book? To be honest, I am currently struggling to find out true emotions inside myself. I am always a huge fan of your books. Many thanks!
Your enthusiasm for the books seems like a true emotion to me.
This is really nice. But harder to implement. Harder in the sense that each individual should be 100% disciplined. If not more rules might be required to make sure the free nature is not abused.
Work should come first. Work should be something you also love. But you definitely have to find time for fun, family, and rest once you have finished your work, study, or whatever you have to do.
I think this is amazing if you have the occupation and resources to live this type of life. Unfortunately, with the rising cost of living and stagnant wages, people have to "work" and many are not in a position to have jobs that allow for this level of harmony. I'm hoping for more conversations of "work-life harmony" for people who don't work for Facebook, lol.
Sadly, for some workplaces, taking a break is frowned upon. I find it ridiculous when even taking long toilet breaks even became an issue.
If they take off during business hours, like 2-4 "to be with their family" or "go for a run" etc. How do you ensure they make up the work????
He is right on point
The issue : 99.99% people can’t achieve that in our enslaving diabolical system lol
Companies need to realize that your personal time is not your availability to them as an employee. Its time to treat people as people. Stop the madness of work before life.
🎉brilliant! I will have duvet days at Mt company!
The snooker referee sitting beside Simon looks really inspired.
My manager will laugh at this… and my coworkers too.
Oh, SImon. Be brave, be clear: Work and personal life become one! Just different sides of the same medal. You can say that :-) You always did!
For those of us who love our work and are privileged to choose when we work, work-life boundaries are often essential so that we don't work all the time. As someone who can easily get lost in my work, I have found that having set work times for my days are vital for a healthy personal life. Is this true for anyone else?
Are you really that free setting your working hours in leadership consulting business?
@@alespogacnik actually, I am. I don’t understand freedom to be absent the presence of others. Choosing to be able to serve others as they are where they are is freedom.
Sounds nice. How do you accomplish this as a Physician? I can't just take time off when I feel like it. I can't even call in sick at times.
I guess the only thing we can do as doctors is work in or build organisations where we’re in a team of physicians with equivalent abilities, so that there’s someone else to take your place in case you’re unable to work (and can actually even take a duvet day!)
Hey Simon, thanks for sharing.
Just would want to know how you would adopt this in a workplace without causing low productivity or slowing the team progress? As not everyone would have the same level of commitment to the job, and there will be people abusing such privilege of liberty.
Hope ot hear more from you. Loves from Malaysia
I had the same thought.
Also from Malaysia.
@@goldenskulll Also the same thought. But from Singapore.
Well i am in a team with clear goals. You hit your targets or you don't. We have build strong trust and caring relationship in the team so why would we abuse the system and not do the work. The whole pandemic forced us to work from home. Because trust was already build it was not a big deal for my manager. The leaders who have questions about people abusing the system would need to work on trust and goal settings with their teams
It's based on trust. It is your duty as manager to built trust in the team in the first place. Taking into accountability that you have a great team with good dynamic that delivers all the time, offering more trust by implementing this balance will support them in their motivation and will help them deliver even better. Because now they will start loving their job more. Is like a ROI in business. Which it actually is. :D
Simon looks much more confident in his speech 💬 an his message!! 👋
love both of them, then the two will get to be one.
I wish we had this idyllic world that we could take a break when our body and soul are screaming 'it's not happening in workplaces, people and employers don't care about the workers they only care about doing money.I was shocked about a story about pregnant Nurses and doctors that worked over 26 hours nonstop until they lost the baby, and the hospital managers didn't care about the horrible situation and asked them to keep working, not sending them even to check up. they were afraid to tell their husbands that it happened because of hard work and pressure so they faked a miscarriage at home, and it happened in a place that needs to take care of the health of people.it's absurd
That terrible and so sad!
@@melbeth79 8 years of studying to be a doctor and they treat you like a Hostage, so sad
You shouldn't let personal life, hobbies, and relationships eat into your work time and efficiency. Having said that, those are also very important. Work and responsibilities always come first.
This is a good idea but can this be implemented at the ground level? This can work in an environment where you have freedom and your boss doesn’t micromanage..
Great information for work-life balance.
Best video so far
true wisdom ! and, an happy employee works so much better !!!
How does one schedule work out in the middle of the day exactly?
Doctors during a surgery: aight i’mma head out for a while now.
That is clearly not what Simon was suggesting...
@@thisisnotajoke That was sarcasm
@@tusharbarman1924 of course it was, but to what end? Sarcasm is a form of ridicule, so clearly Tucker doesn't like the idea.
The average person needs to go grind, I don’t think this is possible for everyone. Its a grand idea to aim for.
Hi people. Does anyone has the link to the entire video/interview ?
Where can i watch the full video? I wanna hear what Seth Godin's response to that
Work-Life HARMONY
This is really nice
Work Life Harmony!
Simon, those late afternoon runs would require us to “catch up later”. Presence is still required in most firms. I’d rather finish work and be done than oscillate between the two. Anyone reading this who feels a failure for NOT adopting that….we are not.
Thank you for normalizing this Simon! I think work-life balance is crap. It paints the wrong picture and, yes, sets the two things against each other vs. encouraging collaboration between the two. Just like we don't all learn the same, we don't all work or live the same either. Which is ridiculously obvious, but society's structure doesn't support that.
So if you are a freelancer or business owner and you are realizing you've built a business you hate because it's exactly like what you left, try writing out some lifestyle goals and boundaries along with your business ones and readjust the way your work and live accordingly! It's never too late to find joy in life again.
Good ideas and understanding of the inner concept of balance, however this sort of mindset is also dependent on your role and the company you work for (or with), not all roles allow for flexibility nor all work cultures will be understanding of this kind of approach. Issues I have now is that many company cultures are trying to sneeze more and more out of their employees with no real long term benefits for going "above and beyond" all the time, so the concept of work/life balance I think it a nature response to this.
Yeah, when I think of work-life balance, I think of it more in terms of aggressively reclaiming my time away from work bc companies don't care. Our work culture in the US is so bad about tending to workers' well being that it's on us to be mindful of how much we put into work vs other things. Oftentimes, that means completely separating work life and home life. I agree with the concepts in this video, but it's not very realistic, esp as someone who works in healthcare.
This 100000% accurate.
I want to work for Simon ❤️
It's necessary to be mindful of your own health/work life, especially since many companies have such shitty health insurance. If you get sick, you risk being sent a huge medical bill that will take you a while to pay off and the sad truth is, whatever made you sick could be lifestyle related.
Ahh. My two favorites gentleman!
Sounds great...in theory
Tell the big corporations to model this so that smaller companies can follow suit.
What conversation is this clip from? I'd love to listen to the entire thing!
"Why should work and life be in opposition?" Because at work I am not my real self. If I discussed my personal beliefs, religious or political beliefs at the office I would be reprimanded by HR. The person I pretend to be at work is completely manufactured and fake, THAT is why work and personal life is in opposition.
This is soooooo good!!!👏👏👏👍💪
I need to work with someone like Simon 🥰
I love this!!!
Came here for practical advice and instead got bs. The time i spend working is not time i spend having fun.
Hello there! Nice Channel
Hello there! Nice video
Absolute genius 💪🏽
First thing I think about is ,what if a bunch of guys at work decides to take a 24hr leave at once. I mean, who's going to take care of the business/company?
I think this is the reason why a lot of people call in sick / fake their sickness because it's just not possible to decide in a split of a second to have a vacation / stay out of office .
Brilliant
I don't think that can apply to the hospitality sector or at small businesses with not many employees.