happy medium between working hard and
enjoying our lives has become a slogan of
our times.
unachievable, unrealistic and perhaps even
undesirable.
practitioners is `work hard, work long,
master your craft, establish your reputation,
bring in the bucks, provide for the family,
build assets, buy the big house and just keep
going until you are past your use-by date
and then collapse in a heap'.
J Aust 2003), or that divorce rates among
doctors are estimated at 20% higher than
those in the general population (Sotile WM,
Sotile MO. The medical marriage: sustaining
healthy relationships for physicians and their
families. Revised ed. Chicago, Ill: American
Medical Association, 2000).
profession should be compensated for
financially, and that the obvious response,
particularly from healthcare professionals
who (due to prolonged study) have been
late entrants to the workforce, is to work
like mad and take good advantage of the
disparity between demand for and supply of
your services.
us to truly enjoy it with the ones we love.
notion of work/life balance. We implore you
to literally stop and smell the roses, and
offer some practical tips on how to avoid
burnout and make the best of the limited
down time you allow yourself.
as this seems, the great majority of practice
principals just don't get it.
work
successful business that can operate with
or without you, you can be liberated from
working yourself to death.
invite you to participate in our 2013 course
and workshop program.
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