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What do you do to balance your work and your personal life?
Please share your tips for all of us.
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One day you suddenly realize that your work has been becoming your life for a long time. When was the last time you spent time with your family, your friends or enjoyed your favorite hobbies? A lot of people spend a lifetime pursuing career success without understanding that it doesn’t necessarily guarantee a happy life. Work-life balance is definitely not a new concept, but it’s becoming the ultimate goal of more and more people, no matter who you are, a well-known billionaire entrepreneur or an entry-level employee.
Work-life balance helps us to become healthier, enjoy happier life and even work more productively than usual. So, how to strike work-life balance? Of course, there is no exact step-by-step approach for all of us; but hopefully these few tips will somewhat help you find the best way to strike a balance between work and life.

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1. Assess your current situation
To get started, you need to analyze all aspects of your work (job characteristics, short and long term goals, ambition) and personal life (personality, personal habits, general lifestyle, family obligation, spirituality…). Then you have to identify your problems with your work and personal life to discard and figure out your top priorities which really matter to you to focus on.

2. Master your time
Time management is the key to strike a balance between work and life. Everyone everywhere has 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You may sometimes wish to have more time a day to do more work, but the fact is you can change anything! So, all you need to do is master your time instead of complaining. Time is a valuable asset, so you need to manage and use it effectively. Just focus on your priorities and eliminate time wasting in unnecessary stuff. Work smarter, not harder, to have time for your personal life. Be sure that you always schedule your work and plan your life.
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You need to clearly understand your boundaries and personally respect them. For example, you want to work at your office from 8 AM to 5 PM every workday and you do not accept work overtime or bring work to home. Evening time you want to spend with your family.

3. Ask for support
Depend on each job characteristics, your work – life balance can be easier or harder to achieve. For instant, you are working as a travel agent, who coordinates tours and takes care of tourists. A work-life balance in this case is nearly unachievable, because you have to always ready to response to your customers, even at night or weekends.
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If you want to achieve work – life balance, make an open conversation with your manager. I believe that he/she will empathize because he/she also wants the same thing, especially if you are a standout employee. Make sure that you understand the company policies and can make benefits for both employer and you if following your time arrangement. You need also ask your colleagues to help you some tasks or avoid contact you for work purpose after you leave the office. And if you can’t reach any agreement, it’s time to consider a job move which allows you more flexibility in time.

4. Love your health, love your job, love your life
You can never achieve work-life balance if you do not enjoy everything you do. Remember to take care of your health first. A healthy diet with good nutrition and a quality sleep will provide enough daily energy for you to do your job and enjoy your life. Of course, don’t forget to do regular exercise or play your favorite sport as an effective way to manage stress, stay healthier and have a nice figure.

In your work time, try to turn your work into your passion and do your job with 100% of you. When coming home, you should turn off all technology devices using for only work purpose such as laptop, tablet, and smartphone and spend your quality time for your family, lover, friends and yourself as well. Technology, on the one hand, could be the efficient tool to achieve work-life balance by improving our productivity, but on the other hand, it can steal our personal time by unpaid working from home.
Obviously a perfect balance between work and personal life seems unachievable for anyone in a short time. It’s a continuous journey which we have to change day by day. Hopefully these tips can improve your work-life balance to have a better and happier life.

Source: Career Guidance Blog

I can't give you an answer for your question but I know where you can get the exact answer. Try to ask in citehr.com, there are a lot of HR specialists there.
Hope this helps.

Thanks for your sharing. It's such an inspiring article. As for me, the best way is keeping busy, so you have no free time to get bored

A research in Canada in 2011, the college students are showed some pictures about a group of men wearing professional and a group in simple style and then predict their future. The result expresses a clearly difference, in which the dandy are not only guessed making a lot of money but also having more promotion chances.
Another research also indicates the gender discrimination when women in masculine clothing style – elegant, dark – are high evaluate and worthy to hire than women in feminist customs.

Prove that you really care about your look
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Negligence seems like you are not respect your colleagues and yourself. You definitely make customers annoy when show up with a dirty tide, nail or anything make you messy. There are two degrees of looking better. The first is to just get yourself looking half-decent and eliminate any blatant appearance-related mistakes. The second level would be to put the effort into becoming more fashionable than average. There are a lot of benefits to doing this, but it takes more work. You have to learn about clothes and style, devote time to shopping, and possibly spend more money.

Clothing does not match in every situation

In every circumstance or place, wearing different style but still being suitable. Color Psychologists have compiled a report for best colors to wear for an interview, they believe the color blue is soothing and indicates that you are trustworthy. It just so happens to be the highest percentage of the population’s favorite color. Grey and black are also good colors to wear as both are neutral and give an element of formality and professionalism. These colors are perfect for an interview within a corporate environment. When aiming to land a job in a younger and more dynamic business, wearing brown or green will give off a feeling of creativity, which may be your game changer.

Stay far away from immoderation
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With women, the biggest mistake is immodestly clothing which destroys proper appreciation, simultaneously creates the distraction on working. Remember Researchers say you have 5 minutes to make a first impression. During this time, you will only have had personal greetings and introductions, which shows how important it is to make a lasting impression. Do not let your appearance prevent your career.

Source: http://vnmanpower.com/en/how-important-is-your-appearance-in-career-development-bl113.html

Changing career is no longer a strange phenomenon anymore. Many people can switch job a dozen times by many different reasons: because of a better opportunity, not match with the boss, because the salary of new company is too attractive ...
This era is no longer exist people lifelong adherence to only one company, such as our grandparents or parents. However, what will the job seekers gain or lose if they change their career? Consider these advantages and disadvantages aggregated by Vietnam Recruitment Agency:

Advantages:

1. Could be evaluated as an experience candidate:

Candidates with work experience in a couple of places that can be considered as high experienced and able to adapt to variety of work environments. If presenting a series of work that you have charge of many different companies, you will become more "potential" than the other competitors only work for a company.
Compared with them, you have a lot of knowledge and experience in different industries and training programs.

2. Gain achievements in many fields:

If you know how to highlight the accomplishments you have achieved in each of the previous company, you will convince the employer that you are the right person for the position. So, let the employer know you have contributed to previous company achieved noticeable results, which enhances your value in the eyes of employers.

3. To be seen as a progressive spirit person:

Many employers understand and accept the point of views that change job is the way to learn new knowledge and experience to improve rapidly on their career path. In general, the positive opinion, employers rated the alterable job people have progressive spirit because they cannot stay in a company that does not give them the opportunity to develop their career.

Note:

- Do not list the name of the company you worked where you do not achieve any outstanding performances.

- Proof of your previous experience may be helpful for the job you're applying for.

Disadvantages

Career change itself would not lead to negative consequences if you do not write in your CV that you change job 5-6 times per year. Jumping on "dizziness" pace, you will be named as:

1. "The Grass is always Greener on the other side of the fence"

Many job seekers do not know the fact that the employer is "ignore" who have changed job to the 4-5 company in one year.
They could be seen as an easily accepted for a job and give up for a better chance. In other words, they are disloyal and untrustworthy.

2. "There is the problem in professional or personality”

Employers would put a question mark for candidates who change jobs too frequent "Would this candidate have the ability to work well? Could it because of their professional problems so previous companies did not accept them? Which characteristics could make the old company intolerant? "

3. Difficult to get along with colleagues and surrounding environment:

A list of series position you have held could make employers think that you hardly get along with colleagues and the surrounding environment. Whenever does not fit Mr. A or Ms. B, you will leave the company.
You should mention in the CV that you worked for a company for a long time, at least 2 to 3 years.

Source: http://vnmanpower.com/en/should-you-change-your-job-or-not-bl78.html#CpDzc1sq7EC68VwW.99

While probity is entirely suitable for some situations, in others telling an unvarnished truth only harm your career indeed. You might think this is just nothing except sophism but we tell lies for many positive reasons like to spare others’ feelings or to lubricate social relationship, because of unspoken rules of behavior, some workplace etiquettes or they only ask you to expect a certain response, which just leads to a lie.
So, what are the questions at the workplace you should never answer honestly?
1. How are you?
It is nothing more than a random sentence. When they ask you, they just need a one-word answer, not your pathetic story about your life. So if you are fine, say so, if you are not, say you are fine. If you are at a very bad mood, say you are OK. People are not very interested anyway. Expressing your real emotion and you will be notorious for being a bore, a moaner or both.
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Apply this on your life too. For most of the people who just an acquaintance asking how your weekend or something like that, they only try to be polite and they are not interested in how you end up with a dark circle under your eyes.

2. What do you think about your colleague?
Backbite your peers is fraught with pitfalls, even they are good or bad. Think of their positions and performance at your workplace. If they are subordinate, it makes you look mean. If they are at a higher position, it makes you look bitter or enthusiasm. A reply without directly judging anyone sounds good, pick out his or her good points to say. Sometimes you may be asked straightly about their weakness or a bad performance but even here, there is much to be said in an ingenious way. Therefore, you might damn them with faint compliments or leave it blanks for others to fill in. Trying, “Well, you know, he certainly makes the sales...” allows everyone in the room to add or understand without you ever having to say it.
3. What do you think about me as a boss
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If you have a great boss, it’s easy, just be honest. But if he is totally not, I assume he won’t listen to anything you say anyway so the idea of giving them the honest answer will only get their back up. Instead, bring out some good points you can think of but don’t makeup. If in a sensitive situation, the truths should be couched in very careful way, like “Actually I have had something that I concerned about the meetings and was wondering if you had any advice” is much better than “I’m sick of the way you dominate every meeting or your employees and the way you assign the mission”.

To hide those white lies, VMST can tell you some tricks as follow:
To be not caught in the act of lying, you should be careful in these signs which are reveal your true face.
- Are your face giving it away: you may be able to spot a liar by their red cheeks since anxiety can cause people to blush. Other liar’s expression? Flared nostrils, lip nibbling, deep breathing, and rapid blinking, which hint that the brain is working overtime.
- Watch out for your body language: Liars often shove their hands behind their back because they are afraid of those fidgety digits might give them away.
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- The way you smile: A real smile can see in people’s lips and eyes. Otherwise, a fake smile only stops in their lip.
- Which words you are using: In general, people who tell a lie have tendency to use fewer personal pronouns and exclusionary words like “but,” “nor,” “except,” and “whereas”

Source: Should you tell lie at work

I think that having true passion is awesome, but it's not enough for your career choice. Besides, you need to assess industry potentials and your knowledge + skills. Just be realistic and turn your career choice into your new passion

You have heard a lot and been advised of ‘following your passion’. That motivation sometimes turns out to be bad advice, making you bush around what you love doing and what you are doing, and end up being on the wrong track.
Most passions fail to match paying careers

For some people when they think about following their passion with their career,

often it ends with the money. “Can't make enough money at that"

You are passionate about dancing though, your current conditions, your ability, and others don’t support that passion. Your family and beloved ones are your passion; still, there isn’t much space in the job market for those things. Obviously, they are just-so-beautiful passions, and often times, the best option is to look for a career that roots for you enough to follow those passions outside of your work.

It’s not that everyone has pre-existent passion

‘Follow your passion’ means you have pre-existent passion, and if you match it to your job, you will love that job. That seems uncomplicated, but otherwise. People often do not have pre-existent passions. As per the study on manpower satisfaction at workplace, people enjoy their work for more subtle reasons than that it lines up with their interests.

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There are people who don't have pre-existent passions

Cultivate your passion instead

While ‘follow’ means you find out the passion before matching it to a job, ‘cultivate’ means you build your passion along the way you work. The later process is considered longer though, it can be more rewarding. You will need become a craftsman in your work. Refining your ability, and then making use of your value and shape your work life towards the lifestyle type resonant with you.

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Excitement vs. True passion

There are times you find yourself being excited over an idea, but run out of steam quickly and lose momentum to dive into that idea.

If so, that is not the true passion, but excitement instead. The excitement about a specific idea is often different from the deep passion that motivates you to a fulfilling and rewarding career. Whilst your excitement would come and leave, your true passion would arise after you putting in long hours to become a real craftsman in your field, and then make use of this value to attain autonomy, be respected, and pull off your occupational destiny.

How to find my true passion?

There is none of special passion awaiting you to discover. Instead, it’s something cultivated. Your passion can be cultivated in multitude fields. Thus, to say that you don’t know what your passion is doesn’t make sense. It would add up to say that you haven’t cultivated one passion yet; you should scope down things to focus on and start that cultivating process.

Source: http://vnmanpower.com/en/follow-your-passion-is-not-a-good-career-advice-bl160.html#7CCfJesaMckvcw7R.99

What is your ideal job? A different place per year, have more knowledge about other cultures, hang out with native people? You hate that cannot draw all the money for traveling? Don’t worry, with the right skill sets, you could put yourself on a career path that you even get paid for living and working in different places as a part of your job characteristic. So update your CV, pack your luggage and get ready to discover.
1. Archaeologist.
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Archaeologists travel the world to recover and preserve artifacts from past human cultures that requires workers to go to new and remote locations, usually for 4-8 weeks. These workers study the culture and development of societies and immerse themselves into a society to a better understanding the customs and social norms of different societies.
2. Travel nurse.
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Nurses hold a wide range of responsibilities in the healthcare field; taking care of patients, performing tests, administering medicine, and so on. Medical care is needed worldwide so traveling nurses are forced to move around the country from hospital to hospital, bouncing from one temporary position to the next so they have the opportunity to travel anywhere where their services are needed. Probably the best part in this job is usually get free housing as well as the pay and benefits are excellent
3. Construction Manager
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Construction managers oversee the development of new buildings or structures. They make sure that everything is maintained, and that work on big projects is completed on time and without costing unbudgeted sums. If they are hired by a company with worldwide clients, this career can require many extensive travels to interesting places. In other words, it's the same job as any manager's in any fields, but applied to a construction setting.
4. English teacher
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Do you know one of the leading benefits of an English speaker? Teaching English in a foreign country is one of the easiest ways to get out and see the world, cultural immersion is pretty much guaranteed. You may be worried about some kinds of diploma however, many teaching positions in foreign countries do require a certification or you can easily get one in about a month.
5. Tour leader.
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It’s your task to deal with the headaches of travel — reservations, translations, transportation — so your tour members don’t have to.
It's obviously a rewarding job for anyone who loves to travel. In order to make honest, helpful advice to clients, travel company have to often visit popular destinations to get a first-hand experience of the resorts and restaurants that you will recommend. Whether your clients are business or leisure travelers, they'll thank you for your insider insights on local sights and activities.
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