Work to live and don't live to work
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 3:50 am
Experts recommend creating a family budget that allows expenses to be synchronized with monthly income.
Letting work take up 100% of your life can be detrimental to your health and even to any good business projects you may have in mind.
The director of the Administration course at the UPC, Paúl Lira, advises "working to live and not living to work." He stresses that it is important to generate income without neglecting social relationships .
Suggests that extra expenses (fun and recreation) be included in the monthly budget .
On the other hand, personal finance specialist Juan Carlos Ocampo points out that a person who wants to grow professionally should not invest all the hours of his days in work .
"You don't need a lot find your number screening of money to have fun. You can go to the park, go to free exhibitions or maybe, if you live near the beach, you could walk along the boardwalk at night to relax ," he says.
She suggests that when you attend family gatherings, you should not talk about work-related topics . Otherwise, your mind will always be on your desk.
Another good tip is not to schedule work meetings before or after work hours .
DECISIONS Entrepreneurs who think that working long hours is synonymous with success should know that more than 50% of companies do not survive the second year of operation .
The reason, Ocampo explains, is that they do not carry out a market study and all they do is dedicate overtime.
"If a person has a steady job and at the same time decides to start a business, after a few months he will have to choose between one of the two . His concentration will not allow him to do two things at the same time," says the expert.
Letting work take up 100% of your life can be detrimental to your health and even to any good business projects you may have in mind.
The director of the Administration course at the UPC, Paúl Lira, advises "working to live and not living to work." He stresses that it is important to generate income without neglecting social relationships .
Suggests that extra expenses (fun and recreation) be included in the monthly budget .
On the other hand, personal finance specialist Juan Carlos Ocampo points out that a person who wants to grow professionally should not invest all the hours of his days in work .
"You don't need a lot find your number screening of money to have fun. You can go to the park, go to free exhibitions or maybe, if you live near the beach, you could walk along the boardwalk at night to relax ," he says.
She suggests that when you attend family gatherings, you should not talk about work-related topics . Otherwise, your mind will always be on your desk.
Another good tip is not to schedule work meetings before or after work hours .
DECISIONS Entrepreneurs who think that working long hours is synonymous with success should know that more than 50% of companies do not survive the second year of operation .
The reason, Ocampo explains, is that they do not carry out a market study and all they do is dedicate overtime.
"If a person has a steady job and at the same time decides to start a business, after a few months he will have to choose between one of the two . His concentration will not allow him to do two things at the same time," says the expert.