Dave Currie - Perfect Storm ­When Stress from Work Hits Stress at Home

1. The Perfect Storm
When the Pressures of Work
Collide with the Pressures of Home
Dr. Dave Currie

2. A. Grasping the Pressures
at Work
1. Corporate expectations
are hard to control.

3. A. Grasping the Pressures
at Work
2. High job intensity or
busy seasons complicate
a balanced life.

4. A. Grasping the Pressures
at Work
3. A negative corporate
culture sucks the life out
of each day.

5. A. Grasping the Pressures
at Work
4. Success is sweet…at
least at the start.

6. A. Grasping the Pressures
at Work
5. Ego complexities often
push the career agenda
first.

7. A. Grasping the Pressures
at Work
6. Facing an economic
crunch creates a
preoccupation
with work.

8. A. Grasping the Pressures
at Work
7. An existential crisis can
rob career enjoyment.

9. A. Grasping the Pressures
at Work
8. Instant accessibility is a
new curse to balance.

10. A. Grasping the Pressures
at Work
9. The family flexibility
can be abused.

11. B. Grasping the Pressures
of Home
1. Premarital education
pales beside career
training.

12. B. Grasping the Pressures
of Home
2. Success at work is far
easier than success at
home.

13. B. Grasping the Pressures
of Home
3. The stakes are higher
with the family.

14. B. Grasping the Pressures
of Home
4. Remember the
permanence of family
against the
impermanence of your
job.

15. B. Grasping the Pressures
of Home
5. Family routines crises are
unpredictable and require
great wisdom and
patience.

16. B. Grasping the Pressures
of Home
6. Families don’t play
by work rules.

17. B. Grasping the Pressures
of Home
7. Family usually loses
out to work pressures.

18. C. Calming the Perfect
Storm: Balancing Work
and Family
1. Balance is good for
your heart and mind.

19. C. Calming the Perfect
Storm: Balancing Work
and Family
2. Talk through realistic
balance expectations
with your mate.

20. C. Calming the Perfect
Storm: Balancing Work
and Family
3. Put your marriage and
family into your schedule.

21. C. Calming the Perfect
Storm: Balancing Work
and Family
4. Let your spouse and
family see they are
priority.

22. C. Calming the Perfect
Storm: Balancing Work
and Family
5. Gain the support of
family and work to keep
it.

23. C. Calming the Perfect
Storm: Balancing Work
and Family
6. Find an acceptable
wall for work.

24. C. Calming the Perfect
Storm: Balancing Work
and Family
7. Request the need for
patience without
relying on it.

25. The Perfect Storm
When the Pressures of Work
Collide with the Pressures of Home
Dr. Dave Currie