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How to make work-life balance work | Nigel Marsh
If you don't design your life, someone else will. Ten minutes to take yours back.
Who it's for
Marsh speaks as someone who lost the balance himself and admits it plainly, which makes the talk feel less like a lecture and more like a peer being honest.
Guilty and stretched thin→Motivated, back in control
Feelings it meets
What it is
A roughly ten-minute talk given by Nigel Marsh at TEDxSydney in 2010 on why work-life balance cannot be left to employers.
Where to find it
Free on TED.com and the TED/TEDx YouTube channels.
Before you start
Heads up: Mild references to overwork and drinking.
Age: Not rated (TED talk; suggested 12+)
the best way out is always through.Robert Frost, “A Servant to Servants,” North of Boston
