The perfect Michelle Obama turned me into a bad motherOne of Michelle Obama’s main priorities in the White House is addressing work/life balance. Journalist DeNeen Brown tells how covering the Michelle Obama beat destroyed her own work/life equilibrium.
Work life balance
The failed partnership of work and families
Gaby Hinsliff was political editor of the Observer, the Sunday sister paper of The Guardian, until she finally gave up MP interviews to be a full time mother. An honest look at the work/life balance mess that parents — even those in exciting, fulfilling careers — are struggling to cope with.
Video of the Day: Why you should take a year off work
Feeling the seven year itch at work? Designer Stefan Sagmeister closes down his design studio for a whole year every seven years, in order to “pursue some little experiments”.
Why you’re smarter after a holiday
Research shows that people think more clearly — and find their way to better solutions — when their mind isn’t stuck in a rut, says David Rock. Which means the best time to problem-solve is just after a break.
Say goodbye to the cubicle
Thinking of quitting your office job and doing something on your own? “This is your handbook.” Trent Hamm reviews the “essential” book for the working unhappy, Escape from Cubicle Nation.
Map: work hours around the world
Feel like you work too much? Well, according to this map of average world weekly work hours — say that three times! — Australians work less than the Greeks but more than the Dutch.
Work/life balance? Tell ‘em they’re dreaming…
Former GE CEO Jack Welch has announced that “There’s no such thing as work-life balance” if you want to get to the top. Women hear it constantly, but what does it mean for men?
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
Politicians seeking a work-life balance should be respected and supported. Politicians who use their long-suffering families as the PR pretext for cutting-and-running should be seen for what they are — liars.
