Comments on: Breaking Down Stereotype #1–Work/Life Balance is the Goal http://worklifefit.com/blog/2006/12/breaking-down-stereotype-1-worklife-balance-is-the-goal/ Fit, Not Balance. Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:09:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Sloan Network Survey Shows Readers Prefer ‘Balance,’ Though Proponents For New Terms Abound | Sloan Work and Family Research Network http://worklifefit.com/blog/2006/12/breaking-down-stereotype-1-worklife-balance-is-the-goal/comment-page-1/#comment-33179 Sloan Network Survey Shows Readers Prefer ‘Balance,’ Though Proponents For New Terms Abound | Sloan Work and Family Research Network Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:00:51 +0000 http://worklifefit.com/blog/2006/12/19/breaking-down-stereotype-1-worklife-balance-is-the-goal/#comment-33179 [...] Yost, work-life flexibility expert, advocates discarding the old ‘balance’ language, too, as “[s]omehow the term evolved into a deficit model, or the goal we all never seem to achieve. . .  It…” Instead, Cali has adopted the term ‘work-life fit’, language that “describes the process [...]

]]> By: Steve Roesler http://worklifefit.com/blog/2006/12/breaking-down-stereotype-1-worklife-balance-is-the-goal/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Steve Roesler Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:06:26 +0000 http://worklifefit.com/blog/2006/12/19/breaking-down-stereotype-1-worklife-balance-is-the-goal/#comment-255 Cari, I believe that your insight about creating a new language for the notion of balance is right on the money. I've watched clients struggle with that for years, because the image of balance is that of a see-saw or scales that are visually "even." Yet the reality of it is the proper weighting and living out of our priorities which don't all carry equal value. You've got me thinking about the definition. Now I need to go to the fitness center and balance out my frustration from not coming up with an instant answer. Keep up the good work...will be checking back in. Steve Cari,
I believe that your insight about creating a new language for the notion of balance is right on the money. I’ve watched clients struggle with that for years, because the image of balance is that of a see-saw or scales that are visually “even.” Yet the reality of it is the proper weighting and living out of our priorities which don’t all carry equal value.

You’ve got me thinking about the definition. Now I need to go to the fitness center and balance out my frustration from not coming up with an instant answer.

Keep up the good work…will be checking back in.

Steve

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