Work to Live, Don't Live to Work

A prevalent trend in our industry is that to make it, you must kill yourself at work. Startups have been the culprits in evangelizing the idea of working till the wee hours of the night. Why do tomorrow what you can do today? However, as people, what makes us happy isn't work. This presentation talks about what's really important and how setting priorities straight can drastically affect our quality of work.

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1. Work to Live,
   Don’t Live to Work
   w/ Tim Smith · @timothybsmith
   

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2. I’m a Designer, Talker
   and Coffee Addict.
   

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3. I Work at Lullabot.
   lullabot.com // @lullabot
   

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4. I host
   The East Wing.
   theeastwing.net // @the_eastwing
   

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6. “
   —Unknown
   Never, ever lean deep into business
   advice given to you by someone who
   doesn't have a fulfilling and healthy
   personal life.
   

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7. Work/Life
   

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8. Loosey Goosey
   

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9. Today’s Agenda
   

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10. Today’s Agenda
    » What are people doing?
    

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11. Today’s Agenda
    » What are people doing?
    » How does it affect me?
    

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12. Today’s Agenda
    » What are people doing?
    » How does it affect me?
    » What do I do?!
    

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13. Today’s Agenda
    » What are people doing?
    » How does it affect me?
    » What do I do?!
    » Questions
    

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14. Today’s Agenda
    » What are people doing?
    » How does it affect me?
    » What do I do?!
    » Questions
    » Bowling!
    

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15. An Awesome Stat!
    

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16. An Awesome Stat!
    » More than 31% of college-educated
    male workers are regularly logging
    50 or more hours a week at work,
    up from 22% in 1980.
    

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17. We love what we do.
    

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18. Give your mind
    time to think.
    

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19. Another Awesome Stat!
    

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20. Another Awesome Stat!
    » Forty percent of American adults
    get less than seven hours of sleep
    on weekdays, reports the National
    Sleep Foundation, up from 31% in
    2001.
    

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21. Lack of sleep disrupts every physiologic
    function in the body[...] We have nothing in
    our biology that allows us to adapt to this
    behavior.
    “
    —Eve Van Cauter, University of Chicago
    

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22. Now I know why I’m fat.
    

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23. Let yourself sleep
    

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24. Another Awesome Stat!
    

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25. Another Awesome Stat!
    » About 60% of us are sometimes or
    often rushed at mealtime, and one-
    third of us eat lunch at our desks,
    according to a survey by the
    American Dietetic Association.
    

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26. Try eating slower
    

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28. What works for me
    

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29. Spend less time working
    

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30. Under Commit.
    Over Deliver
    

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31. Take time to think
    

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32. Don't work on weekends
    

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33. Get out!
    

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34. Let’s Bowl!
    @
    timothybsmith
    

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