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Title: Life Matters : Creating a Dynamic Balance of Work, Family, Time & Money by A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca Merrill ISBN: 0-07-142213-7 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 16 May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Life Matters provides inspirational life balance ideas
Comment: As a working mother raising two teenaged daughters, balancing work and life is a top priority for me. I am lucky because my company has worked with me to find solutions to the challenge of balancing job responsibilities with the need for family time. However, I would have found it helpful to been able to read Life Matters much earlier in my career. Roger and Rebecca Merrill speak from the heart in this book, emphasizing the impact and importance of balancing work and life. They express a variety of inspirational thoughts and suggestions equally beneficial to male and female readers.
Life Matters does not advocate a one-size-fits-all solution. The opening chapter includes a personal evaluation to help you assess your feelings about work, family, money, and time. You can use the scores to help determine the areas of greatest potential improvement. The subject matter is very personal, and the authors have recognized people need to make choices based on their particular circumstances. Rebecca Merrill expresses this point very eloquently by saying, "There are issues that every woman has to address and one woman's life balance answers are not necessarily another's."
Also, there is a particularly profound section that provides a method "to increase the happiness in your home by as much as 70 to 80 percent with one single idea." Anyone who thinks that is of critical importance needs to read this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Right On!
Comment: "Life Matters" jumps out with realistic advice in easy to read formats on balancing family, work, time, and money. A. Roger Merrill and Rebecca Merrill created a wonderful and practical book that is effective but not too preachy. They support the honorable accumulation of wealth for personal and family interests and that is most refreshing. Vignettes on achievement, work ethics, time and money management; and trusting your intuitive wisdom hit home with me. I enjoyed the back and forth dialog between the authors. This book helped me and I'll use it for continual reference. I highly recommend it to everyone especially teenagers and young couples who are starting out on their life journeys.
Rating: 4
Summary: Investment stragegies that go beyond money
Comment: This book is one of many that build off Stephen Covey's "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People," and is a more in-depth discussion of prioritizing (Living in Quadrant II for those who speak Covey). This book is divided into four sections that reflect the four biggest concerns Americans face--the workplace, the family, time, and money. The basic message of the book is that one must think in terms of "investing," whether it be money, time, or effort. It is important to examine what one invests in so that maximum returns can be paid on that investment. As an example, investing money in a car yeilds a much lower return (a negative return) than investing in a mutual fund. Investing time in televison watching yields a much lower return than helping your child with his homework. Investing in effort in a long-term project that is still months away yields a much higher return than filling out some pretty-unnecessary paperwork. Other commentators are correct when they say that the examples of theory-in-action can be fairly unrealistic (even though they really happened!), but they illustrate the authors' points well. I would first recommend the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. If you find that helpful (and I imagine you will), this book is an excellent follow-up to it.
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Title: First Things First: To Live, to Love, to Learn, to Leave a Legacy by Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill ISBN: 0684802031 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 17 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Focus : Achieving Your Highest Priorities by Stephen R. Covey ISBN: 1929494696 Publisher: Covey Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Harvard Business Review on Work and Life Balance (Harvard Business Review Paperback Series) by Harvard Business School Press, Harvard Business Review ISBN: 1578513286 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life by David Allen ISBN: 0670032506 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 11 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work by John C. Maxwell ISBN: 0446529575 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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