Outsourcing Life

BPO or Business Process Outsourcing is the buzz word of this decade, pioneered by the Indians who through their insatiable desire for education and knowledge have raised a generation of English-speaking graduates in their millions waiting to serve the world.

But whilst the Indians may have specialised in outsourcing business processes, we in the western world seem to be outsourcing our personal lives.

I’ve spent the last ten years researching work-life balance and have come to the conclusion that the fundamental paradigm is flawed.

To truly live fulfilled lives we must seek to outsource work and not life. I am often saddened by people who talk about quality time with their kids and spouses. I strongly believe and often advise the opposite.

Quality time at work and quantity time at home is the only answer to true work life balance.

Unfortunately we are doing the opposite. Today we live in a world where we outsource one of our most fundamental responsibilities as parents – education of our c…