Life Balance

A popular aphorism suggests that in the end, no one ever regrettednot spending more time in the office. Yet during our lives andcareers we often seem to confuse our priorities, shifting our focusso that we end up with clients whom we know extremely well andfamilies who are de facto strangers. In this book, widely renownedconsultant Alan Weiss—cited as "a worldwide expert inexecutive education" in Success Magazine--tells how toblend life, work, and relationships in a way that will help anyoneto work smarter and live better. Weiss draws on scores of interviews and vignettes with highlysuccessful consultants to offer nontheoretical, pragmatic advice onliving a balanced life, including how to: * Work smart and not hard * Have time to fulfill your passions * Build on success, not on correcting weakness * Give yourself short- and long-term personal rewards * Take risks and reinvent yourself (again and again) * Play to win-- but ignore the score and reward theeffort * Influence others while surrendering the need to control * Visualize the future