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The See-saw: 100 Ideas for Work-life Balance: 100 Recipes for Work-life Balance [Paperback]

Julia Hobsbawm (Author)
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Publication Date: 1 Jan 2009
In a society where women and men are under constant pressure to juggles their commitments as partners, parents and workers, The See-Saw offers life-changing tips and case studies to inspire and reassure you that you can get your work-life balance on track.

Julia Hobsbawm, who combines running a successful small business with being a multiple mother of three young children and two teenage step-children, shares her own personal experiences and provides case studies and advice from women and men with different backgrounds and circumstances. Everyone is facing the same challenges: How do I save time? How do I remain focused on work but not distracted at home? How do I relax?

A challenging new handbook for 21st-century life, The See-Saw is bursting with hard-won practical advice.

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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Atlantic Books (1 Jan 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1843549115
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843549116
  • Product Dimensions: 12.8 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 243,632 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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About the Author

ulia Hobsbawm is a mum, step-mum, wife, daughter, sister, auntie, friend and businesswoman. She has three children and two step-children, aged four to nineteen. She is the founder and Chief Executive of the media analysis and networking firm Editorial Intelligence, and Visiting Professor of Public Relations at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts. She has edited a collection of essays, Where the Truth Lies: Trust and Morality in PR and Journalism, for Atlantic Books and co-written, with John Lloyd of the FT and Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, The Power of the Commentariat, which was published by Editorial Intelligence in 2008. She is patron of the Facial Surgery Research Foundation (Saving Faces) and an adviser to Treehouse Trust, the charity for children with autism. She lives in London.
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4.0 out of 5 stars a really practical little book 6 Jan 2009
By S. Stapely
Format:Paperback
It's refreshing to find a survival guide which is written with such candour and honesty. While Julia Hobsbawm acknowledges readily how her complex life is eased by the fact that her husband offered to do the bulk of the day-time childcare of their 5 children and work from home, she chronicles engagingly the emotional and logistical challenges which still fall today to all women who seeks to combine motherhood, marriage and a successful and demanding career. Her achievements on all fronts, including her continued availability to family, colleagues and friends alike are testament to the fact that many of her tips are well worth trying.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Self-absorbed and superficial 21 Feb 2010
By H. E. Richardson
Format:Paperback
There are a few useful reflections on achieving a good work/life balance in this book, but they're rather swamped by the author's self-absorbsion and lack of awareness that not everyone lives her kind of life. The assumption seems to be that everyone is middle class and lives in London, and that children need to have 'play dates' scheduled instead of just playing with other kids in the neighbourhood. The case studies almost exclusively feature people with improbable names and fashionable occupations - it reads as if the author has simply chatted to her friends. The one 'normal' case study is of a painter and decorator whose wife works at a leisure centre. I'd guess that he was in painting the author's house and she thought she'd ask him for his thoughts. As a result the case studies are only representative of a particular middle class metropolitan milieu, and don't bear much relation to most people's lives. The reflection that really made my jaw drop was when the author was in conversation with a taxi driver who had fled Afghanistan in fear of the Taliban, and now worked 7 days a week to support his wife and child. She commented that she and the taxi driver had a lot in common, as they were both struggling with their work/life balance. Um, I don't think so...
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Handbook for Jugglers! 26 Jan 2009
By Amanda Mclean
Format:Paperback
I approached the book with a healthy degree of scepticism - I've read more than my fair share of books telling me how I can have it all - but this was a different tack.

The refeshingly honest telling of the author's own experiences - and failures - coupled with the admission that she has more support than many - made it more relevant to real life.

Overall, it's more of a tool to provoke thought and facilitate realisation that you can't have it all, but you probably can make choices about what you do have!

The examples and case studies will be familar to thousands and I'd recommend it, even if for nothing more than a sanity check in a mad life.
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