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Well, working more then 100 hours in a week sounds crazy. It means that he works more then 14 hours daily, even in weekends. Plus all stuff that he's doing before work(about 2 hours), some games and talks after work, and, in fact, the day is over.
But the reason he didn't hanged himself in a first month is his daily schedule - wake up with sunrise, meditate, do physical activity and only after that he is starting his work. It's hard to follow such schedule, but, as we know, hard work pays off.
P.S. His work space reminds me the hackers lair in a movies, not the real space for work. Does he needs 4 monitors and laptop for work?
I think that physical activitiy at work is a good idea. I remember when I was in high school my class tutor ofen used this technique. When she saw that students were bored she told us to do some exercise.
What about other activities? Of course, he wakes up at 4:30. Meditation, sport etc. before work. Fine. If we talk about 14 hours for work, he comes back home minimum at 10 p.m. Everyday duties or simple activities also take time. So he goes to bad at about midnight. Minimum. So sleeps for 4,5 hours. Next day, he must be tired. As I said - it's frightening for me.
Some time ago, I used to work and study a lot, slept very briefly and had no time for family, friends or even girlfriend. It was very demanding. I had no power for anything.
Fortunatelly for me, I've changed. I promised myself - never ever again. I believe in work-life balance and think that I will always try to keep it in a proper proportions.
On the other hand, what is proper proportions? I think Ross McCray would say that according to him, he lives in a "proper proportions"
Fortunately, they forewarn potential employees about their work culture at least.
In contrast, I agree with most of the statements mentioned by Nigel Marsh in his TED talk. The key is to find the time for all the things you consider especially important, which is what I'm trying (and probably most of us) to achieve in my life.
I agree with Nigel Marsh, especially with the point that small things matter. Just a regular walk in the park and pizza made him child happy. For me it's more important than working all your days long to achieve career but lose important relationships.
I my opinion to follow such way you must be highly motivated and follow some rules e.g.:
1. Set only one goal. More than one will divide your focus.
2. Never multitask. You’re going to mess everything up if you do this.
3. Separate the thinking from doing. And make decisions fast (based on the goal and plan you set up earlier).
4. Communicate with yourself. Set up a schedule for self-talk, and make sure you only do this in a positive state of mind.
5. Have an exit plan. The truth is, you can’t stay in this mode for long, you will eventually burnout. Plan an exit strategy in advance. How long you need to work this way? What do you want to accomplish with this?
6. Measure progress to ensure you’re on the right track. You don’t have the time and energy to do everything over again. So, make sure you keep an eye on where you’re heading.
7. Eat healthy foods. If it’s possible, hire someone to plan your meals and cook for you. What you eat is extremely important to your performance, but in most cases, they are not the important decision you want to make.
Here you can find some more examples of CEOs who works more than 80 hours per week: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-work-long-hours-and-still-have-a-life-2015-3?IR=T
There is even a polish plot, so i recommend for you this article.
P.S. The second idea explains everything in a beautiful manner: he's a Superman.
In my opinion the main reason why it is really hard to archive work-life balance while working 80 hours in a week is the problem of combining work with health.
About the TED talk, "Certain job and career choices are fundamentally incompatible with being meaningfully engaged on a day-to-day basis with a young family" this blew my mind a little bit because it's quite true when you think about it. How can I spend meaningful time with my family if I have to work from 8 to 10 hours a day (or more), waste 3 hours a day for the commute, have 7-8 hours of sleep, do house chores, take care of my body, cook, eat, rest. That's a challange.
From my actual expierience when I have to work 3 days a week, attend classes at PJ, get work done, learn so much in so little time, it's no easy and exhausting already as it is without having family of my own. Lets just hope automation will solve lack of this meaningful time.
Yes, free time is VERY important for every human, as everybody needs stress-relief, entertaning, family-contact, sleep and everything else to be happy. But I wouldn't automatically assume that work = effort. Many jobs are not really demanding, there can be a guy working 12 hours daily in a calm and easy job doing much less than other guy is doing in his 3 daily hours.
But yes, like I pointed out above, free time is very important, as we should never waste our lifes like that doing the same thing over and over again regardless of what it is - balancing our daily activities with some relax is very important.
I prefer approach Nigel Marsh than Roos McCray. I know that professional success is important, but it isn't the only purpose of our lives, but what about family and friends or our hobbys? Work should be only part of our life. Of course it's the best way when our work is our hobby because then what we do makes us happy and then the money is not the only determinant of success.
That's true that corporations always have "good intentions", but as we follow our life always depends on us even if you work in a corporation. We need to set goals without destroying our lives.
For myself, I would take a few rules of his life to improve my productivity and better balance my life. Because there is no limit to perfection.
I understand, that for some period of time you can live like Ross and focus only on your goals, however, in my opinion such life is devastating in long term.
Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”
Now my life is very organized. Calendar is very helpful. I know where I have to be, at what time and what particular task I have to do.
I can't imagine myself working 14 hours a day. I rather work less and have lower salary than sacrifice my life and relationships.
Work-life balance means for me 'work smart not hard'. I can do my tasks very quickly and in estimated time with no effort. It would be impossible if I was disorganized.
I can understand working 14 hours a day, because I know that this is normal work time in some comapnies for people, who want to be there and to be promoted. Because there is rat race and everyone wants to be very best. But you can easily see that those people are really stressed.
I believe and I can see, looking at my colleagues, that work-life balance is important. Those who work the most are stressed and tired. Even if they can rest they are checking e-mails and doing some reserach, for example on Sunday. I believe that this is too much, but I know that they are trying so hard because they want to be succesfull at work.
Since September I'm working and I had got some problems with work-life balance, because you have to be really well organised to take care of work, school, family and friends. In my case I believe it wouldn't be so easy if not help of my closest family and friends, who understand that I'm busy and even if they are planning something they consider that I don't have got much time in week and that when there is weekend I have got some things to do. It was very helpful that I was well organised and mandatory, so I wasn't skipping any duties, but there were times when I was really tired and I had got problem to keep up with everything.
I believe that moderation is important - you can't work all the time, because it will make you a robot. Everyone have to rest, sleep well, eat well and makes what makes them happy, so they can be happy and satisfied with their lifes.
I work about 50 hours a week. There is also school which I have to put into my schedule, other activities like shooting, climbing just to release the pressure and keep my mental state clear. For a long period of time it is not a good way of life. Sorry no job or no money will re-compensate quality time spent with my friends, family or girlfriend. There is just no price for that and someday he will notice that.
Even though it is not perfect yet, my life is now starting to be (I believe you can call it) *organized*.
I totally agree with Dominika - I couldn't devote my life to work. In my opinionI work to live, not live to work. I work to be able to do all the amazing things that can be done, but require money (eg. travelling).
I wouldn't want to live McCray's life. 14 hours of work a day, it's crazy. But this is what you do when your work is your hobby, your passion. When you like your work so much it is not working anymore. "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life". In any other case, at least for me, it is nearly impossible to work so much and still maintain the balance between your job and your life.
Everyone is different and we have to think what we like, what we want and what is too difficult for us. I can read Nigel Marsh's book, but I won't start living like him. Ross McCray's daily routine is difficult and controversial, but maybe it's the best for him. We shouldn't judge others. I admire people who spent 14 hours at work if they are happy and can tell us what they made and created today (not just complain or brag about how much they work). People who have family, small children, time for a dog and for reading books in bath and work for 4 hours a day - that's great too.
Nigel said that a lot of people 'work long, hard hours at jobs they hate to enable them to buy things they don't need to impress people they don't like'. And this is really sad and something I think we all should strive to avoid.
I like the Mr. Marsh's position, he seems to be happier. He has came through the different periods of life and find out what is really important. His mind is clear and he doesn't take it too serious. I hope to find this harmony one day in my life. This is the right way for me to be happy.
McCray idea for non-limited holidays is also terrifying. If he demands that worker should be available on his phone, computer or receives emails - that means still live like on working day while being on his leave, that is not a vacation at all for me.
If talking about Nigel Marsh speech, I can agree that the point of well balanced life is in taking small steps to improve our life in the parts we need it rather than taking a major steps forward.
They are really well organised, always well dressed, never late etc.
Working with this kind of people is really motivating and interesting but I can't imagine myself working this way every day.
Time spent with family or friends is for me much more valuable.
At the same time I think that there's no such thing as work-life balance in the long term - if you're inspired and really love what you do you can't just forget about it.
I know a lot of people who put their work first(not as much as Ross McCray, it seems almost like he has some mental problems) and their life second, and ultimately almost all of them end up being alone, and kind of happy but not really.
I think that work is very important but should not be the main aspect of our lives.
The most important thing in maintaining healthy work-life balance is to not mix work with life, but keep them as separate as it’s possible.