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How to balance personal life with professional life? || Acharya Prashant, with youth (2014)
Acharya Prashant
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Balance
Conflict
Fragmentation
Professionalism
Expectations
Authenticity
Integrity
Masks
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses the common concern of balancing personal and professional life, arguing that the very concept of 'balance' implies an underlying conflict. He explains that the need to harmonize arises only when there are opposing forces, and questions why we assume a division must exist in the first place. He challenges the notion of professionalism that requires individuals to wear different masks for different people, such as bosses, colleagues, or family members. This fragmentation, he suggests, leads to a tiring and insincere existence where one is constantly torn by the conflicting expectations of others.