the article does not single out males - as in my target readership in life science there is a dominant female population. The Western/American ethos indeed currently places the highest value on workplace fullfillment and making money as a measure of fullfillment.
I believe that there has been a gradual shift over the past 40 years with the growing popularity of mindfullness and physical fitnesss and more recently with more a balanced definition of wealth that includes time, mental, physical, spiritual and community in addition to money.
Unfortunately - HR slogans like 'work-life balance' are just that: slogans.
And in the Western/American world, there is a divinity gap, which is arguably the source for lack of balance.
That said, the article assumes that the reader is male, self actualization is solely in the workplace, and revolves around one singular focus. A well-balanced life revolves around multiple axes. This, of course, is the challenge: finding both clarity as well as fulfillment in the mire of it all. :)
the article does not single out males - as in my target readership in life science there is a dominant female population. The Western/American ethos indeed currently places the highest value on workplace fullfillment and making money as a measure of fullfillment.
I believe that there has been a gradual shift over the past 40 years with the growing popularity of mindfullness and physical fitnesss and more recently with more a balanced definition of wealth that includes time, mental, physical, spiritual and community in addition to money.
Unfortunately - HR slogans like 'work-life balance' are just that: slogans.
And in the Western/American world, there is a divinity gap, which is arguably the source for lack of balance.
That said, the article assumes that the reader is male, self actualization is solely in the workplace, and revolves around one singular focus. A well-balanced life revolves around multiple axes. This, of course, is the challenge: finding both clarity as well as fulfillment in the mire of it all. :)
Good article :)