Overcommitment Can Kill Your Happiness - PDF Download

Hello Professional HR & Business Veterans,

Please find attached a very inspiring management lesson article in ET as a guiding principle on how overcommitment can kill your happiness.

Good thought...
But I feel in today's world to sustain in the market, at times one needs to be ready for being overcommitted towards work. For example, the movie "3 Idiots" speaks a lot about such things and the philosophy of life. Disappointingly, in a general trend, it really does not work in this world. So let us buckle up our shoes and be ready for all the opportunities that seek our door.

Wish you luck,
Regards,
Rahul Salvi.

Good thought... But I feel in today's world to sustain in the market, one needs to be ready for being over-committed towards work. For example, the movie "3 IDIOTS" speaks a lot about such things and the philosophy of life. However, disappointingly, in a general trend, it really does not work in this world. So let us buckle up our shoes and be ready for all the opportunities that seek our door.

Wish you luck; this is the fact of practical life. I agree with you.

Regards

Dear all,

Following today's world's policy of 'overcommitment' towards work (so-called order of the day, for competition, profit, etc.), my younger brother passed away last month at the age of 39. He suffered a 'brain hemorrhage' while working in the office in the evening. It was purely due to his overcommitment to the job, even at the cost of neglecting his health and family.

Well, let's understand clearly that we need to strike a proper balance between commitment to the job (I don't mean to say that we should not be sincere towards work; the issue here is of OVERCOMMITMENT) and commitment towards our family (which includes our social life, our health, and such factors). While overcommitting ourselves to our jobs, we tend to neglect our family, our health, and our social responsibilities.

It's a difficult task in today's 'modern work/life style,' but we need to accomplish it.

Thanks for the post, Dilip.

Best wishes,
Arvind