It’s only the second week into my MBA program and already it’s given me a lot of food for thought. Learning about organisational behaviour has been quite enlightening. Not only has it put my role stress into perspective, it’s also helped me understand the different personality types and their suitability for different role types and hence what my own role preference is and what I should be doing (the wonders of role theory)!
Among the many struggles that people face in their various roles in life – that of a husband, that of a manager at work, that of a family member, etc – the one that, to me, is most prevalent is role ambiguity and the ability to distinguish one’s own role in different situations. Put more simply, people need work life balance, without which, they will end up feeling role strain (the negative type of role stress) from the various roles that they have in life.
My own enlightenment through all this is to not be drawn too much into the dilemma of balancing my work and personal life as to me, personal life is definitely much more important than work life. As such, to avoid role stress, I need to distribute my time according to what matters to me most!
Simple, but sometimes it’s the simple things that trips you up most in life!
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