Work-life Balance Gifts

'A career? A life? Isn't that a conflict of interest?'

"How she's able to manage a career and still juggle her family, I'll never know."

Workaholic Hotline - 'Come on now, you can do it. Just put down those annual reports and slowly back away...'

"I'll wait a moment for everyone's energy drink to kick in."

"It's not a nap if I'm sitting at my desk."

"They've raised the bar at work, too."

'I'm afraid you'll have to work late tonight, I want you to attend this talk on work-life balance.'

'Hey, everyone! I think I found the bottleneck!'

"What do you mean, you need to find a balance between work and family? We consider you part of our family."

'I'm thinking of cutting my hours down to 24/7.'

"I can't continue working these hours...I feel as though I'm missing Michael's childhood...." "His name's Mark!"

Work/Life Balance.

'That's nothing, you want to try juggling three kids and a full time job.'

Life-Work Balance.

'Who wants to work late again, raise your hands.'

"O.K., now—on three, I'm going to toss a second job in there!"

In basket-case.

'I am trying to achieve a work-life balance'

'No seriously. His final words actually were, 'If I only had spent more time at the office.''

Interviewee: 'Nah, work related stress isn't a problem - I've never taken a job seriously enough for it to bother me!'

Great coaching is about knowing how to give and when to play feedback...

'When I said getting more sleep would help reduce stress I meant AT HOME!'

"The computers are fine, the staff has crashed."

'Hang on a sec...I don't remember this being scheduled as a video conference call.'

'Mike! How the heck are you?' - 'The usual, Pete! Spiritually and emotionally empty, my personal life is a shambles, and I'm near-suicidal!

In-tray, Out-tray, While you were on holiday-tray

"From staring at your pictures on my desk all day at work, I almost feel I know you."

A businesswoman's desk breaks under the weight of the 'in' pile

Guru tells secret of time management is word NO.

"He only works part-time. Unfortunately it's not the part when he's here."

Worker to Boss: "I'd like to work flexible hours to avoid my children."

"I think we need to spnd more time with the children,how many have we got?"

'You have three days left to finish this project!' 'I'll take Halloween, thanksgiving and Christmas!'

"Done at last. I wonder how old my kids are?"

'I'm a bit pressed for time. Give me your one-minute elevator pitch.'