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Work-Life Balance

The document discusses work-life balance and contains expressions and idioms related to balancing work and personal life. It also includes potential conversation questions on topics like managing stress, maintaining a healthy work-life balance, flexible work policies, and achieving balance while progressing a career or raising a family. The questions aim to start a conversation around an individual's work habits and priorities as well as an employer's role in supporting staff well-being.

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Work-Life Balance

The document discusses work-life balance and contains expressions and idioms related to balancing work and personal life. It also includes potential conversation questions on topics like managing stress, maintaining a healthy work-life balance, flexible work policies, and achieving balance while progressing a career or raising a family. The questions aim to start a conversation around an individual's work habits and priorities as well as an employer's role in supporting staff well-being.

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Work-Life Balance

Expressions
 I’m going to be out of pocket for a while
 Later in life I’m going to reap the benefits of it.
 You’re working your tail off
 We’re going to scale back
Idioms
 Pace of life– “I really can’t keep up with the pace of life in London, I think I will move to the
country and try to get a job there”
 Rat race– “I think I will try to leave this rat race and start up my own business from home”
 Progress up the corporate ladder– “If I keep working hard, eventually I should be able to progress up
the corporate ladder”
 To take time off– “I’ve been working so many long hours lately, I really need to take some time off
to relax”.
 All work and no play– “You must take a holiday soon, life is not just all work and no play”

Conversation Questions
 How do you balance between your work and personal life?
 Do you like working under pressure?
 What deadlines do you have to meet in your daily life?
 Are you good at managing your time?
 Do you ever delegate tasks when you get too busy?
 Have you ever worked over the weekend to meet a deadline?
 Have you ever missed an important social or family event because of work?
 Some people say they would like to ‘leave the rat race’. What do you think they mean?
 Do you prefer a slow or fast pace of life?
 How do you think flexible working helps to achieve a healthy work-life balance?
 Do you think companies should have policies relating to work-life balance?
 What things can people do to achieve good work-life balance?
 Do you think people need to give up work-life balance in order to progress up the corporate ladder?
 What can companies do to ensure their staffs have good work-life balance?
 Why do you think some people become workaholics?
 Do you think it is harder for men or women to achieve a work-life balance? Why?
 Nowadays, more people are taking time off work because of stress. Why do you think this is?
 What do you think contributes to stress in the workplace?
 How do you think people can balance having children and achieving their professional goals?
 Do you think quality of work performance is linked to quantity of work performance?
 What advice would you give someone who had poor work-life balance?
 Do you think that enjoying life outside work can enhance your ability in your job?
 What can you do to change the work culture?
 Who do you think is responsible for overwork – the company or the employee?
 What are the working conditions at your office/place of employment?
 What would make your place of employment a more enjoyable place to work?

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