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Work to Live, Don't Live to Work

Tim Smith
June 14, 2012

Work to Live, Don't Live to Work

A prevalent trend in our industry is that to make it, you must kill yourself at work. Startups have been the culprits in evangelizing the idea of working till the wee hours of the night. Why do tomorrow what you can do today? However, as people, what makes us happy isn't work. This presentation talks about what's really important and how setting priorities straight can drastically affect our quality of work.

Tim Smith

June 14, 2012
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  1. “ —Unknown Never, ever lean deep into business advice given

    to you by someone who doesn't have a fulfilling and healthy personal life.
  2. Today’s Agenda » What are people doing? » How does

    it affect me? » What do I do?! » Questions
  3. Today’s Agenda » What are people doing? » How does

    it affect me? » What do I do?! » Questions » Bowling!
  4. An Awesome Stat! » More than 31% of college-educated male

    workers are regularly logging 50 or more hours a week at work, up from 22% in 1980.
  5. Another Awesome Stat! » Forty percent of American adults get

    less than seven hours of sleep on weekdays, reports the National Sleep Foundation, up from 31% in 2001.
  6. Lack of sleep disrupts every physiologic function in the body[...]

    We have nothing in our biology that allows us to adapt to this behavior. “ —Eve Van Cauter, University of Chicago
  7. Another Awesome Stat! » About 60% of us are sometimes

    or often rushed at mealtime, and one- third of us eat lunch at our desks, according to a survey by the American Dietetic Association.