Sep 16, 2025

It’s All Living: Don’t “Balance” Work & Life. Integrate Them.

I’ve long loathed the phrase, “work-life balance,” as if work and life were two dichotomous realms, suggesting drudgery in one, and fulfillment and authenticity in the other. It’s a zero-sum game, in which the work self and the life self must regard each other warily, guarding against encroachment. Pete Worrell, author of Intention: Unlocking the Lifeforce Inside High-Performing Entrepreneurs, Pete Worrell similarly rejects this dichotomy with his provocatively titled chapter, “Work-Life Balance? Schmalance.”