Work Life Quotes

“I can't go to hell. I'm all out of vacation days.”
― Burgerpants

“Common Speech Weakners:
- Voicing an opinion by saying, "I might be wrong about this, but...." By starting your sentence this way, you are discrediting your own idea before you even say it.
- Failing to take ownership of your idea by saying "I feel" instead of "I know".
- Making an assertion into a question by raising your voice at the end of your sentence.
- Shrugging or loking down when speaking. This kind of body language makes us seem less confident and capable.
- Communicating a lack of commitment to our statements by allowing our voice to rail off at the end of our sentence.”
― Fran Hauser, The Myth of the Nice Girl: Achieving a Career You Love Without Becoming a Person You Hate

“Your work isn’t simply your job description, title, or industry. It’s when you wake up, what you wear, and your first 30 minutes in the office. It’s what your office is or is not, the five people you are physically closest to, and whether you can get up and walk or have to sit all day. It’s whether you fear for your job due to changing laws or innovation each day. It’s how it fits with your family and all the people and events that matter most. It’s the person you are when you come home.”
― Evan Thomsen, Don’t Chase The Dream Job, Build It: The unconventional guide to inventing your career and getting any job you want

“Remember that work and life coexist. Wellness at work follows you home and vice-versa. The same goes for when you’re not well, fuelled, or fulfilled. Work and life aren’t opposing forces to balance; they go hand-in-hand and are intertwined as different elements of the same person: you.”
― Melissa Steginus, Self Care at Work: How to Reduce Stress, Boost Productivity, and Do More of What Matters

“Work-Life Freedom > Work-Life Balance”
― Richie Norton

“We do not create happiness without integrating our passion into our work life.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Contrary to popular belief, productivity isn’t about how much you can do. It’s about whether or not you’re doing the right things—the things that matter to your work and to you. And that means starting small with what you know matters to you.”
― Melissa Steginus, Self Care at Work: How to Reduce Stress, Boost Productivity, and Do More of What Matters

“Purpose in general is for me to do something I have fun in doing. I want to be excited to wake up. I want to be excited to do my work. I want to feel like I'm playing when I'm doing my work. I'm very curious so I want to feel like a constant learner. I like having great conversations with interesting people [...]; I love creating; artistically creating; and it allows me to continually stay in excitable mode.”
― Tim Urban

“What is a work-life imbalance? It's: I feel safe at home, I don't feel safe at work. That's the imbalance. And no amount of yoga or vacation time is going to fix that.”
― Simon Sinek

“The effects of overworking;
You forget which day it is.
You think fast than what you write.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“Work to enjoy life. Work to create value. Work to survive, strive and thrive. But do not work...to work.”
― Richie Norton

“Ein Schauspiel stand an, das Albert liebte und niemals verpasste: der große Hungerlauf! Er eilte aus seinem Büro, stellte sich an das Ende des Ganges und sah auf seine Uhr: Punkt zwölf Uhr flogen fast alle Bürotüren auf und Männer wie Frauen stürmten hinaus und riefen gestikulierend: MAHLZEIT!”
― Izquierdo Andreas

“A man who finds peace in the fume of his work is a man who knows himself and, therefore, knows what he must do. What is it that I would sacrifice myself to achieve? What is it that fills my lonely days and dowdy nights? What work consoles the soul? What action allows the brain to work at a fever, burn like an uncontrollable wildfire? What occupation, craft, or deed can I undertake that will embody a desire to share with other people my intellectual and emotional being? How does one express their worldly aspirations and spiritual yearnings?”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Remember, nonverbal communication is extremely important. Be cognisant of your posture, eye contact, and the amount of physical space you take up.”
― Fran Hauser, The Myth of the Nice Girl: Achieving a Career You Love Without Becoming a Person You Hate

“Refrain from discussing subjects that can destroy your awareness of the people around you and the food. If someone is thinking about something other than the good food on the table, such as his difficulties in the office or with friends, it means he is losing the present moment and the food. You can help by returning his attention to the meal.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Eat

“Building healthy habits at work and otherwise starts with awareness. Know what you want, where you want to invest your energy, and why.
The 'why' determines the 'how.”
― Melissa Steginus, Self Care at Work: How to Reduce Stress, Boost Productivity, and Do More of What Matters

“You don’t want work life balance. You want work life freedom. You want a time centered seamless lifestyle. You want...time flexibility. The flexibility to spend your time where, when and how you want.”
― Richie Norton

“Nothing happens as you think it happens by what you do.”
― praveen kumar kodge

“Human labor, the manual work that people engage in to build their world, both physical and spiritual, defines the realization of their conceptual realm.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Most people who work for themselves have achieved work-life imbalance.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Back when I was struggling with all of this, my boss saw that I was having difficulty contribution in meetings and noted how very different this was from his experience of me when we met one-on-one. To urge me to speak up more, he began giving me assignments before each meeting. He would call me and say," Fran in today's meeting, I am going to ask you to give everyone an update on the restructuring ".”
― Fran Hauser, The Myth of the Nice Girl: Achieving a Career You Love Without Becoming a Person You Hate

“Unhealthy habits and lifestyles reduce your productivity, cost your business (which, if you’re self-employed, is costing you), and create cyclical patterns of dysfunction and general dissatisfaction.”
― Melissa Steginus, Self Care at Work: How to Reduce Stress, Boost Productivity, and Do More of What Matters

“Work-life balance be like Black and white color; appropriately proportioned to perfection.”
― Vikrmn, You By You

“Work-life balance is a fallacy. Work-life freedom is the goal.”
― Richie Norton

“Now, first of all, you're going to start telling yourself that you are not defined by your job. It's there to provide you with a salary, period. These people, they're just turds floating in your vicinity. I'm going to give you three weeks of sick leave, and you're going to flush the toilet.”
― Emma, The Emotional Load: And Other Invisible Stuff

“Spend three months doing something and you’ll think you’ve been at it forever.”
― Alberto Madrigal, Un lavoro vero

“You will not stay in the same job, let alone the same industry, for your working life. Don’t simply wait to adapt… plan on it. Prepare for it. The sooner you completely abandon the boomer career model, the better. For you, your career, and everyone you work with.”
― Evan Thomsen, Don’t Chase The Dream Job, Build It: The unconventional guide to inventing your career and getting any job you want

“Art in its essence is a dreamy vocation.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Oneironaut’s Diary

“How's work?" I asked.

Mind-numbing. Isort crap, Xerox crap, research crap. Now and then I file crap at the courthouse. Those jaunts through the halls of justice really get the old adrenaline pumping.”
― Kathy Reichs, Spider Bones

“To afford food is employment, to afford principles is success.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch