Managing work-life creep

Why are we still talking about work and life balance?

Fun fact. The notion of ‘work life balance’ was first proposed by a renegade called Robert Owen. Can you guess when?

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1817.

Owen’s famous phrase was “8 hours labour, 8 hours recreation, 8 hours rest” neatly dividing the day into work time, play time and rest time.