Book Titles

Off Balance
Getting BEYOND the WORK-LIFE BALANCE MYTH to Personal and Professional Satisfaction

By Matthew Kelly

Year Published: 2011
ISBN-13: 978-1594630811
Categories: Time Management, Work/Life Balance

60 Quotes Found

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Off Balance:

You can stumble into a moderately satisfying life, but to sustain and increase that satisfaction requires a strategic approach and some real work.

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Off Balance:

Life, like business hinges on the successful allocation of scarce resources.

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Off Balance:

The life you desire is there for the taking, but it comes at a cost.

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Off Balance:

The desire to get what we want is usually tied much more to a pleasure principle than it is to any lasting satisfaction.

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Off Balance:

Too often pleasure and satisfaction are confused.

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Off Balance:

The fundamental difference between pleasure and satisfaction is that pleasure cannot be sustained beyond the activity producing it.

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Off Balance:

Addiction is wanting more and more of something that brings less and less satisfaction.

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Off Balance:

In the present climate, the most dominant trend governing the decision-making process is individualism.

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Off Balance:

…hedonism has been a contributing factor to the demise of every culture and subculture in which it has figured significantly.

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Off Balance:

Minimalism is the enemy of excellence and the father of mediocrity.

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