What's Most Important to You in Work and Life?

by SodaHead Living Posted 2012/04/19 21:16:53

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	Succeeding in my profession	78 votes	8%
	Spending time with family and friends	218 votes	21%
	Becoming rich	51 votes	5%
	Staying true to my values	236 votes	23%
	All of the above	346 votes	33%
	What's most important to me is...	104 votes	10%

A recent article about Sheri Sandberg, the chief operating officer (COO) of Facebook, has got people talking about work and life... and finding the perfect balance. You see, Sandberg recently announced that she leaves her (we can only imagine) full-of- responsibilities job at 5:30pm every day, just so she can make it home by 6:00pm for dinner with her kids. To some, that's called being a loving mom. To others, it's called being a lazy worker.

Finding the perfect balance between work and play has always been a struggle. You don't want to be perceived as a slacker at work... but you also don't want to spend late nights in the office and have your personal life go to shambles. So, it's only right that we ask where your priorities are. Do you stay at work later just because you don't want to be perceived as lazy? Or are you the type who always puts your personal wellbeing before your professional duties? Take our Work or Play Quick Vote!

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jacob crim 2012/04/20 00:09:35

What's most important to me is...

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Living comfortably and happily within my means without getting any debt.
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Oh. 2012/04/27 03:27:27

What's most important to me is...

To have fun and money.

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amoobrasil to Oh. 2012/04/30 14:21:19 (edited)

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Hedonism offers little over the long term--do you agree?

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Lee 2012/04/23 18:02:33

What's most important to me is...

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What's more important to me is... working to make the world a better place. It might be just a little thing like staying a little longer at the coffee shop to listen to a friend, writing a note on a petition to protect wild salmon, or sharing a joke, making them laugh.

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amoobrasil to Lee 2012/04/30 14:22:13

Simply beautiful, Lee.

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Lee to amoobrasil 2012/07/21 18:02:33

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Thanks.

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Bob DiN 2012/04/22 13:06:37

Staying true to my values

Values and family are the most important. Without values you can't set a good example for the family.

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QueenOfUniverseNataliaRoschina 2012/04/21 12:40:59

What's most important to me is...

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What is most important to me is trying to bring Michael Jackson back. I love him too much, and his return and hopefully marrying him is the dream I can not get out of my head. MJ is magic, so I am praying for magic, for a fairytale to come true. I work hard on HEAL THE WORLD to bring MJ back. I have spent a large part of my life savings on trying to stop nuclear power in Japan, and Japan is becoming nuclear free on May 6,2012. It cost me not only money, but pain, tears, police brutality. Of course many other people made their efforts to ban nuclear in Japan. I will keep my work, and keep dreaming.Regards from Berlin, QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE (I am sure MJ just left temporarily to find his Queen, as any King needs a Queen to be balanced)

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Shadow_master 2012/04/21 06:31:34

Becoming rich

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monnaaaaaaaaaaaaay hehehe

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QueenOf... to Shadow_... 2012/04/21 12:42:23

+1
I feel sorry for you

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Shadow_... to QueenOf... 2012/04/26 05:46:45

jokes maaaan haha you know i wouldn't! ;)

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i love the cure!!! 2012/04/21 05:52:44

What's most important to me is...

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Is music and Robert smith as long as I have both those things I can survive.

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Cain2012~POTL~PWCM~JLA 2012/04/21 00:25:45

What's most important to me is...

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To be successful at work, but also to settle down and have a family!

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Giantfighter 2012/04/21 00:20:11

What's most important to me is...

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My health

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QueenOf... to Giantfi... 2012/04/21 12:43:37

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Go healthy vegan without junk food- that's the short cut to health, and also to saving lots of money, and to creativity. Leonardo Da Vinci, Beatles and many other people were vegan

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Giantfi... to QueenOf... 2012/04/22 00:20:55

I gave up meat when I was 13, but not sure I go full force vegan. I'm a Pescatarian.

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Sarah Alexander 2012/04/21 00:14:46

What's most important to me is...

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What's most important to me is being happy, whatever brings me happiness at the point of life I'm in, I will do. Currently, and what I think will make me happy for a long time, it is research and spending most of my hours in lab. If, however, at some point I decide that family/friends will make me happier then I will find more of a balance.

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amoobrasil to Sarah A... 2012/04/30 14:23:41

Is happiness a goal one can pursue, or is it more like flowers one discovers and loves along one's path?

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BZK 2012/04/20 21:56:41 (edited)

Staying true to my values

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Family, Friends, Home and Profession. If you don't value them... you are poor and desearve none.

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jennylyn.thomas 2012/04/20 21:21:31

Becoming rich

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my family

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Myopinionmatters 2012/04/20 21:18:19

What's most important to me is...

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The girl I love

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scbluesman13 2012/04/20 21:16:23

Spending time with family and friends

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My family is my core. They are the source of my happiness, confidence, love, and joy. Without my wife and daughter absolutely nothing else matters in this world.

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☂cinderella.dress.in.yellow☂ 2012/04/20 21:03:05

All of the above

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seeing my work on television

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QueenOf... to ☂cinder... 2012/04/21 12:44:35

You can start with putting your work on YouTube. Good luck!

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☂cinder... to QueenOf... 2012/04/21 16:00:16

+1
why thank you for that advice

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wes 2012/04/20 20:43:20

What's most important to me is...

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My wife, my family and then my bicycle......

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P. Sturm 2012/04/20 20:24:40

All of the above

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My honor and my family have always come first.

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charles nelson 2012/04/20 20:14:00

What's most important to me is...

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Keeping my conservative tendencies to a minimum.

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QueenOf... to charles... 2012/04/21 16:35:07

If you send your conservative tendencies towards the crimial US army or poisonous US junk food (Coke, Pepsi, MacDonalds) to stop their world wide crime, you could turn very talented and respected. Concervative tendencies towards good things are simply masturbation or procrastination and idiotism. Be wise. Regards from Berlin

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charles... to QueenOf... 2012/04/23 21:33:27

Sorry Micheal but I fell very liberal when I masturbate. In fact its the most liberal thing I do

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amoobrasil to QueenOf... 2012/04/30 14:25:38

Mean! Really, are not most people "conservative" out of fear, resentment, or anger? Is so, many of us tend to be conservative in outlook but generous and kind to friends.

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Bob DiN to charles... 2012/04/22 13:08:46

You can do much much worse than being conservative.

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Margaret Jacobson 2012/04/20 18:11:00

All of the above

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live comfortable and live live what I call work a little, play a little , semi retired now

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SteveCrawford 2012/04/20 18:05:04

All of the above

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With exception to " becoming rich ", in most cases the price is going to be too high - 999 times out of 1000 it's going to come at the expense of your values and the amount of time you spend with friends and family. I'll be the first to admit ' i love to have money, and LOTS of it ', but when it comes to my values and integrity or anything else which involves real life i quickly place it into the " garbage classification " !

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taitaFalcon23 2012/04/20 17:25:48

All of the above

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Mostly living up to my personal goals that I set for myself; I don't really worry that much about goals set for me by other people.

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Miko Mikomiko 2012/04/20 17:25:08

What's most important to me is...

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To be happy and find a job where I can stay and find myself working for years to come.
As for my life I wish to fulfill what I wished for and stop delaying and overcome depression.

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CAA_coffeeaddict 2012/04/20 17:17:57

Spending time with family and friends

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And staying true to my values.

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Ian 2012/04/20 16:48:09

Staying true to my values

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"Spending time with family and friends" would be a close second.

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Krissy 2012/04/20 16:41:13

Staying true to my values

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Several years ago, I was abruptly fired from a job I loved and excelled at, due to a new manager coming in, and I was devastated. Like many people do (yet say they don't), I had convinced myself that I was indispensable. Upon finding that I wasn't, I started to question my outlook regarding my career. I decided that keeping my nose to the grindstone just wasn't worth the pain and aggravation, or the loss of independence and social life. I now have a job that helps me maintain that balance and I am a much happier woman, and an even better worker.

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amoobrasil to Krissy 2012/04/30 14:31:38 (edited)

It should give us pause to think how much we believe in freedom in the abstract and how much, in real life, our values and goals are determined for us by an indifferent, callous employer.

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baby shaker 2012/04/20 16:37:35

What's most important to me is...

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videos games/anime/manga/music

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