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Business owners' control of their work-life balance is the fine line between hard work and hell

  • Written by Park Thaichon, Lecturer and Cluster Leader, Relationship Marketing for Impact Research Cluster, Griffith University
Business owners' control of their work-life balance is the fine line between hard work and hellA variety of personal reasons motivate people to run a small business.Shutterstock

We live in a society in which people are trying to do more each day. Both work and life are worthy competitors for time. Yet the complex demands of modern society have redefined the notion of work-life balance.

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