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This is an article about there being no such thing as a work-life balance. The suggestion is that life can be looked at as though it is a stove with four burners where each burner represents an important part of your life. The first burner represents your family; the second your friends; the third your health; and the fourth is your work.
The Four Burners Theory says that “in order to be successful you have to cut off one of your burners. And in order to be really successful you have to cut off two.”
There's always a trade off, but it is whether you can manage your burners so as to get the best out of life that determines your work life balance.
What do you think? Do you think you have a good work-life balance, or do you only manage to keep a couple of burners going? Which are you sacrificing?
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2. burner is for health
3. burner is for work
4. burner is for friends
That's a tricky question, in it? I think the burners of family and work are mingled in my life and they're burning very hot. May I count them as one burner?
The burners of health and friends are just simmering, at the moment.
If I had not choice, I would cut off the burner for health.
Note: Is there no burner for faith?
However i missed them because sometime you need someone to share your feelings about situation with your chum but now i don't find any chum who can help me out.
I hear this from people. They just call me when they have a need, they feel they're used. Do they say.
In what category would that belong? Work - no, health - no, family - no, friends - hm,
> I want a strong burning burner for my beloved English learning process.
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> In what category would that belong? Work - no, health - no, family - no, friends - hm,
It's a hard graft burner.
@Hermine I suppose it depends on why you are learning English as to which burner you could assign it to: for work, or to make friends. Or if it is for intellectual challenge, then it might be more to do with a healthy mind.
Some people are very focused on getting rich and I think if they want it enough, they generally succeed @Practical_Severard. They are prepared to make sacrifices that most people might balk at making.
For Work-Life Balance
One important thing people can do is, have family conversations regarding various things you are doing at your work. This builds a completely different level of trust and you do not know what insights may come from your family. These are people who are outside observers to your work, but they are people you trust, and who love you and want you to succeed. Their input can be extremely valuable. It may be your wife, it may be your five-year-old child, you do not know. I know people try to keep work conversations away from family, but I would say that is a mistake. Why can’t work conversations be very interesting if you are creating something? Family could get involved in it, and when you are at home, though you may not actually be working hands on, you could still be thinking and evolving ideas for tomorrow or for the future.
I also missed those days when whole family used to sit together and used to have discussion and fun while having.
Our joint family got separated my mother, father other relatives passed away .
But now in my own family we sit together daily talking about what has happen during the day. @bfluentmanish
It's a wonderful feeling even when talking over trivial things.
My youngest daughter often mourned that no-one listens to her. I often tell her she could exchange her mourning and wanting into something productive.
My trade off is much simpler - get wet or take shelter, but the price is having to drink a nice Belgium beer. What a hard choice!
There is a saying (in Spanish): I would rather be a healthy homeless than be a sick king.