Pressures at work, the importance of finding balance in life
This article was initially conceived as an advice piece for business owners and executives – individuals who by their own choice eat, sleep, and breathe their businesses – and the positive effects counseling can have on productiveness at work. As so often happens, however, when a topic is examined trends tend to emerge which were not evident before. Here that trend is the increasing level of stress prevalent at all ranks of working and business classes and the negative effects stress can have on one’s health. Today it’s not just the entrepreneur who feels he or she is caught living from paycheck to paycheck. A far greater portion of the middle class now does not have enough savings to financially survive a major setback, such as loss of a job or a major illness. Middle class families are mostly two-income families, with commitment to children, homes and lifestyles. There is also the minimum wage worker, whose stress may come from variable scheduling that makes it hard to find a sec...