15 December 2010

How Trivial Decisions Will Impact Your Happiness

I was reminded of this subject when I heard last week thatJeff Kindler had suddenly resigned as CEO of Pfizer, at least partly because the stresses of the job were affecting his family life. (I admit that there may have been other reasonsfor Kindler's resignation, although we may never know for sure. For this discussion, let's just assume that job stress was a factor.) By all reports — and gathered from some personal experience — Kindler is very devoted to his family, but also worked hard to achieve the success of becoming a CEO. And after spending more than four years working almost non-stop at the top of Pfizer, Kindler seems to have realized that it is very difficult to have both.


Read the full article here http://s.hbr.org/gxhKh6

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