{"product_id":"9780787955090","title":"Life Balance: How to Convert Professional Success into Personal Happiness","description":"\u003cp\u003eA popular aphorism suggests that in the end, no one ever regretted not spending more time in the office. Yet during our lives and careers we often seem to confuse our priorities, shifting our focus so that we end up with clients whom we know extremely well and families who are de facto strangers. In this book, widely renowned consultant Alan Weiss—cited as \"a worldwide expert in executive education\" in \u003ci\u003eSuccess Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e—tells how to blend life, work, and relationships in a way that will help anyone to work smarter and live better. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeiss draws on scores of interviews and vignettes with highly successful consultants to offer nontheoretical, pragmatic advice on living a balanced life, including how to:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWork smart and not hard\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHave time to fulfill your passions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBuild on success, not on correcting weakness\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGive yourself short- and long-term personal rewards\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTake risks and reinvent yourself (again and again)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlay to win— but ignore the score and reward the effort\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInfluence others while surrendering the need to control\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eVisualize the future\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030462316784,"sku":"9780787955090","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780787955090_p0.jpg?v=1763664632","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780787955090","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}