In a post from today’s The Juggle you get a regrettable story around life choices. So what’s more important, your life or your career. I know its not an either/or game, but our culture has elevated career to a place not intended. In my upcoming book ("Waking Up in Corporate America") I try to emphasize that work is a tool to grow your life…not the other way around.
Yes, often it is better to choose your daughter’s dance recital over a work project. If you’re a results oriented professional (meaning you’re good at what you do), then don’t be afraid of the consequences. Talented people are always in demand.
We’re surrounded by so many fears.
Men, in particular, derive so much of our identity from our work that it can be easy to lose sight of the other aspects of life we love and care about: our families, marriages, communities – even our own well-being. Combine this with the natural fact that the more we perform at work the more performance is asked of us. It means we must have a very strong sense of our own code for living and the consequences of our choices – in all areas of responsibility, even (especially?) our responsibility to ourselves.