Professional life includes career, business life, etc which we are trained whereas personal life is the sum of every individual choice contributing to one’s personal identity.

In this productivity-driven society conflict between work and family life is one of the most common sources of stress. There is always one that is given more priority than the other resulting in some dysfunctional outcomes such as poor physical and mental health and also inefficiency in work.

Basically, a balance between work and family occurs when a person can sufficiently meet family commitments and adequately perform responsibilities at work.

Few suggestions that can be followed to balance work versus personal life conundrum:

• It’s important to create imaginary lines of protection between work and family. These boundaries hold the line to protect our works from the distraction of family and family involvement from obligations at work.

• To get things right it’s necessary to involve people we can trust and discuss with them their perceptions, opinions, and objections of the actions associated with work.

• Sometimes being partial is unavoidable. For example, if a family member is sick we need to skip a work event or when an important deadline has to be met we might need to miss an important family function at home.

It’s never wrong working hard to achieve some finer things in life, but it’s really necessary to have the required amount of salt to make the meal tasty, therefore in the same notion to lead a happier life its important to balance both personal and professional life.

Ankita Ghosh

Ankita has recently joined The HR Monks team as a Talent Sourcer. After doing B. Sc in Botany she had quite an eventful career before she came to our Team.

She started her career in Wipro in an Admin role. Then she switched to recruitment and found a new passion for making a match between dream careers of candidates and the challenging organizational needs of various companies in different profiles. In the future, she is contemplating pursuing a degree in Executive MBA.

At The HR Monks, she is now enjoying helping organizations and changing lives by connecting talents with opportunities.

Ankita’s passion is listening to music and traveling across different corners of India. And she is a complete foodie. She loves the taste of India.

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There are different ways that incorporate plenty of mental, physical and nutritional ways to keep the mind sharp throughout the lifetime.

How to keep our minds active, healthy and happy?

Plenty of mental exercises is required every day:

There are lots of tasks such as thinking through problems or avoiding calculator for simple arithmetic is one way to exercise the mind. Playing scrabbles, solving crosswords, brain teasers and also working with a jigsaw puzzle is a great way to keep our brain thinking. 

Reading books, magazines and keeping up with current events such as in politics, world news or local small-town gossip helps to stimulate our mind. 

Watching a thought-provoking movie can help to exercise the brain and even playing a video game can help to fight diseases like Alzheimer’s.

Physical exercise is a great way to keep mind and body fit:

Physical exercise, gym workout helps to increase the blood flow and oxygenates the brain. There are many great ways of physical work which we can do in our daily life which improves both health and mind. 

Some of them are Swimming, Yoga, Hiking, Dancing, etc. Even playing some popular games like Tennis and Golf helps in mental and physical stimulation.

Learning and experiencing new things is a great way to challenge the brain:

There are few ideas which can give our mind a real chance to exercise our brain. For example, learning new words, learning to play musical instruments, studying different foreign languages, learning the art of photography and painting, playing chess and many more. 

Traveling and exploring different countries and breaking away from routine life is also a great mind stimulant.

Stress relief and relaxation help to improve mental health:

For improving focus and reducing stress levels, meditation is the best option. We should also try some relaxation exercises, deep breathing used during yoga practice, try being happy and having fun in life, try becoming a positive thinker and learn appreciating whatever we have already accomplished. 

A segment of aromatherapy sessions, massages from the therapists helps in releasing out stress and tension from the muscles.

Whether at 20 or 80 it’s always important to keep our mind and brain healthy and happy as it works throughout life and affects our body functions and also helps us to understand and interact with the world around us.

Ankita Ghosh

Ankita has recently joined The HR Monks team as a Talent Sourcer. After doing B. Sc in Botany she had quite an eventful career before she came to our Team.

She started her career in Wipro in an Admin role. Then she switched to recruitment and found a new passion for making a match between dream careers of candidates and the challenging organizational needs of various companies in different profiles. In the future, she is contemplating pursuing a degree in Executive MBA.

At The HR Monks, she is now enjoying helping organizations and changing lives by connecting talents with opportunities.

Ankita’s passion is listening to music and traveling across different corners of India. And she is a complete foodie. She loves the taste of India.

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More than four in 10(42%) have quit the job because they had a ‘bad boss’ as per research from the lead generation company Approved Index. The researchers found that the most common complaint about bosses was leaving their workers feeling underappreciated.

Overworking their team or expressing favoritism for the other team members were also common criticism. The travel and tourism, marketing PR sectors have high rates of workers walking out over poor management.

It is well known that the majority of the employees leave the manager rather than companies.

Managers are the gatekeepers to the employer brand and candidate experience, and they can make or break it. It is vital to have good leaders who inspire their people each and every day and live and breathe a good brand image.

One thing we can virtually guarantee: All of the employees are very different. Some are introverts, some are extroverts. Some are adventurous whereas others prefer the security of the familiar. Some might require extra guidance, others are much more independent workers. Some are probably fresh out of college. Others might be putting their kids through college.

The point is that employees have a different background, are at different stages of their lives, and are motivated by different things.  The biggest mistake made is trying to force a one-size-fits-all solution to a diverse workforce.

When it comes to management one-size doesn’t fit all. Some people need more supervision and instruction while others need more independence and trust. A manager’s job is to asses and adapt to the behavioral pattern of each individual and motivate them for the work. They may have to go outside the established protocol to make things happen.

Competition can be a great motivator but if we let it get out of hand, the conflict will arise. The challenge is not to get the top performers to perform better but to train them to pull up everyone around them and build a well-oiled machine. Although individual success can be hugely rewarding, often team wins can have a bigger impact.

This is a great way to encourage innovation and support new ideas and will help team bond over growth opportunities and deliver proper organizational growth.

Ankita Ghosh

Ankita has recently joined The HR Monks team as a Talent Sourcer. After doing B. Sc in Botany she had quite an eventful career before she came to our Team.

She started her career in Wipro in an Admin role. Then she switched to recruitment and found a new passion for making a match between dream careers of candidates and the challenging organizational needs of various companies in different profiles. In the future, she is contemplating pursuing a degree in Executive MBA.

At The HR Monks, she is now enjoying helping organizations and changing lives by connecting talents with opportunities.

Ankita’s passion is listening to music and traveling across different corners of India. And she is a complete foodie. She loves the taste of India.

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