As it's the official end of summer and back to work today for most, I thought it timely to share this interesting video with you and it's relevance to Work/Life balance - Japan way.
Japanese divorce rates are rising due to their work/life/love balance struggles. Is it worth it ?
Well here are ways one group of Japanese are dealing with it:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2007/11/21/VI2007112101814.html
And a Chinese antidote for overworked Chinese:
My 20 years firsthand experience with Japanese and 100's of live speaking engagements I've done in fluent Japanese, has given me a unique insight into the Japanese mindset that I share with you in my book and speaking. I've seen so much wasted time on unneccessary tasks & methods, but with a few simple tips, they would shave 10's of hours/week x each employee.
Japanese are an extreme example, and definitely deal with this issue in a unique way, sometimes too "robotic", but it does provide food for thought re. how much we should or shouldn't work and the potential catastrophe of overwork, even "karoushi" (death from overwork).
In my book, I go into the meaning of "work" and give simple concrete tips on how "you" can achieve "your" work/lifestyle balance no matter where you are from, and also include interviews with people from all walks of life, from successful businessmen to moms, and give you peep inside their lifestyles.
Anyway, enjoy the 5 min video & article, you may even have a nice laugh too :)
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