![]() ![]() “People need predictable time off,” Carter says. It’s the familiar phenomenon of technology tethering us to work 24/7, combined with our failure to set expectations and boundaries. Just because you can work anytime from anywhere doesn’t mean that you should work all the time, everywhere. Carter agree, is that the overload is more widespread - and worse. ![]() ![]() The idea is to live in a way that we feel productive and not burned out at work, and that we have a sense of fulfillment at home and in our personal lives, says Christine Carter, PhD, a senior leader at BetterUp and a sociologist and senior fellow at the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California in Berkeley, who studies happiness and productivity. “You can overload people if the requirements they have from one role, such as one at work, conflict with the demands of another role, such as that of a parent,” says Jeffrey Pfeffer, PhD, a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford University Graduate School of Business in California and author of the book Dying for a Paycheck. Psychologists and productivity experts have been studying it for decades to better understand what actually makes people happy, so that they can improve work environments and overall mental health. When Did We Start Talking About ‘Work-Life Balance’ Anyway? ![]()
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