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It's the small things that matter, TED talk by Nigel Marsh

March 21, 2011 | Comments | Permalink

I watched this video few weeks back, never got a chance to write about it - guess what - busy with the new job … being part of the work force ...

“If you don’t design your life, someone else will design it for you and you just might not like their idea of balance.”
I could easily relate to this video, there was a time when I was eating too much, drinking too much and neglecting my family … took a break from corporate life, did nothing for a while, started two companies, took an exit, again took a break … and now back to long hours, drinking and eating. This video prompted me to think hard of what am I doing  and why am I doing? I recommend everybody to watch this talk and try to strike the right work-life balance in your respective lives The immediate effect of this talk was to force me to think about my priorities in life: Interesting part, the break of two years from workforce, I was unintentionally closer to the above three I have ever been before! Still a long way to go …

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