TEDxSydney - Nigel Marsh - Work Life Balance is an Ongoing Battle

[leedhamcreative]

Great work Nigel.

[BizzMarki]

That was Art Tatum's famous tiny's exercise at the beginning...

[michaelmuller]

Not enough sex.

[RichBrIs]

Great talk. Nigel says he's been working on this for 7 years - has he published his experiences? The two books of his on amazon look related but not specifically focussed on work-life balance. Would love to hear more from him on this.

[presentingclass]

Thanks to P.os@AskAms.com for reminding me about Nigel's talk. Lee

[stick1001001]

Best idea worth spreading....

[juliebisset]

@KittyKranker

Hope your supervisor didn't notice you watching youtube videos while on the job!

[PalindromeDesign]

I wholly agree with his ideals and was trying to have that balanced life until the Recession killed my business.  Now I am a signature away from turning my business and my life over to a company of workaholics who are slaves to an inanimate timesheet program. They are all working to create fictional amounts of billable hours in a competition to apease the managers by subconciously creating problems and tasks for each other that make it easier to justify their "long hours". Recessions SUCK!

[TheGlossyglitz]

my goodness, your a flamin genius.

[lowerlowerhk]

That is one of the few Ted"x" talks that I admire

[scooterspeaksdotcom]

Love this. The death of the completely outmoded work/life balance discussion.

[Vanityapp]

There's an iPhone app that can help. It's called CrunchTime.

[bolozbolozboloz]

So true, small things have a larger impact later on.

[testtubical]

Another excellent video from TED. You can use the website CubeCheck to review what it is like to work somewhere and discuss the work live balance at any company as well as find the benefits and management styles. Very helpful for those in the workforce.

[mopine10]

Good points well delivered. Pushing these ideals myself cost me my last two jobs and my health but I have no regrets. People come first and should never be compromised for corporate profit and greed.

[duffmuffla]

This boy is bang on the money. "corporations are abattoirs of the human soul" or whatever he said does ring a bell in the head of this office rat

. Off to get the book.

[researchfiend]

Life is hard even for those without a young family. Contemporary work is horrible for anyone.

[GirlyVoice]

That's interesting, I've pretty much given on the idea of perusing a career in software because I refuse to work a 40 hour week, having 2 grand of pocket money at the end of the month doesn't make it worth it.

I wonder if some day I'll be able to walk in to an interview and say "I'll work for 30 hours a week".

[mhh3rd]

Really struck an emotional chord...I've got some serious balancing to do.

[exaustron]

A very worthwhile message for those who haevn't got a reality check mechanism of their own!

Should be re-visited monthly as a reminder of the real priorities in life.

[jjh5806]

You make some extremely valuable points Nigel and you should take this message to as many top executives and people of influence as possible. It's exactly this issue that causes so many people in decision-making positions to be short-term focussed. I intend to send this video to as many senior people as I can.

[millionsofmyles]

Personally I am very impressed to see Malcolm Turnbull in this audience. A real reflection of his mind.

[LisaMessenger]

Nigel

Nigel - like the messages in your books, your truth and authenticity shine through your simple, yet poignant, easy to implement messages. Thank you for always sharing your wisdom, integrity and lessons with such generosity. The world would be a better place if more people lived their life as I see you living yours.

[gojojogo6]

I love TED - it's a shame that this presentation lacked depth of content, meaning if spending time with a young son was used as an indication of how he mastered Work/Life balance instigated by the fact that "his Wife couldn't do it", maybe listening to his wife about how to create & live with balance would have been a better way to research or is the number of times he should have sex hopefully with her the main function of her role? Please look for more applicable & current speakers.

[Alkouatli]

I like "Press people they don't like"

[hazza199813]

Totally inspiring. Most people in his position know what he says is true but few have the guts, or integrity, to publicaly say so. Nigel rocks.

[zingling1]

Nigel speaks from the heart. I've worked for Nigel for seven years...a rare CEO who practices what he preaches. An incredible man.

[xtra711]

The new Sir Ken Robinson!  Love this speech.

[shuford2000]

You idiots. This guy is a professional con-man. You think he cares about work-life-balance? Try working for the prick.

[amoz7]

how inspiring, men listen... you deserve to love yourself too !

[TracyRouble1]

Well said!

If only everyone thought like you Nigel. 

[imogenbaileydotcom]

such an inspiring video, thanks for posting!

[Tawallah]

He spends time with his kids?

I'd marry him

[Pixel529]

Inspiring - and this is the guy who also came up with the concept of Earth Hour!

[rjt86]

Interesting!

[krkend]

Loved this one!

[div8digital]

Maybe his family was in the audience! Nothing like a good presentation to kick start the weekend ;p

[bigyahu]

I liked Julian Morrow's comment on Nigel Marsh's presentation later in the day. Somethng a long the lines of, "Nigel Marsh spoke to us about why it's important to have a work/life balance. On a Saturday..."