Sangeeta Murthi Sahgal
Over 30 years of experience across functions like HR, Training, Operations and P&L Management. My strengths are in the area of Strategic Thinking, Operations Excellence, Customer Management, Team and Talent Management.
There is no such thing as Work-Life Balance
I truly believe that there is no such thing as Work-Life Balance. I say this for 2 reasons.
1. I disagree with the semantics. "Work-Life Balance" implies that work is not life and life is not work. Work is life, life is work. What I want is to balance my personal and professional lives. Lucky are those whose personal and professional lives are the same, but for most of us these are 2 distinct areas, with some overlap. The bigger the overlap the better it is.
2. At any given point of time everything cannot (and dare I say, should not) be balanced. Sometimes my personal life will need to take center stage - all my mind share, time, effort, focus, money; and sometimes my professional life will take center stage. That's just the way it is.
I have worked 18-hour days for many, many months, without weekends off, 'coz that is what was needed by the organization. I did it without resentment. I just put other things on hold. I have also taken many weeks / months off to recover from illness, take a sabbatical because that is what I needed for me.
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