Charles Handy thought for the day on the toll work can take on one's personal life, and how balance is necessary in both worlds. Handy begins the thought discussing how a father he met at a business gathering revealed he had been working so long that he did not realize his children had become bilingual. Handy then reflects that the nature of work today may prompt employees to take a vow of voluntary childlessness in order to maintain a life of success. He goes on to state his belief that life should be more than work, however important the particular work may be, and cites God's seventh day biblical precedent of rest to strengthen his view that periods of inactivity should be acceptable to all.
Handy, Charles B Clinton, Bill, 1946- Berlin (Germany) Brazil Portuguese Jesus Christ Brandenburg (Germany) Brandenburg Gate (Berlin, Germany)
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Charles Handy thought for the day on the toll work can take on one's personal life, and how balance is necessary in both worlds, July 13, 1994; Charles Handy Papers; Box 18, Folder 10; 1 page
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