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  • 5 Tips For Balancing Career And Love Together | Relationship News

    Crazy work hours, deadlines, and personal commitments together are a recipe for disaster, and still, people have been managing it all somehow. The question is how?

    Yes, it is easy to neglect one aspect in favor of the other, and yes, it often happens unconsciously. Ravi Mittal, Founder & CEO of QuackQuack shares tips for balancing career and love together. However, maintaining harmony between professional goals and romantic relationships is essential for overall well-being. Here are five pro tips to hit the sweet spot where both your career and romance can co-exist blissfully.

    Communication is key!

    Sounds like a cliche, but nothing beats good old open and honest communication. Ask anyone in a happy relationship, and they will tell you that communication is the cornerstone of a successful relationship. It is both a remedy and precaution for any existing or upcoming conflict. Make it a point to discuss your professional goals and schedules with your partner regularly and avoid potential clashes arising because of your plans. When you keep each other informed of your schedules, you can work out the challenges ahead of time and come up with mutually beneficial solutions. Do not forget to appreciate your partner, whether it is their professional achievements or their efforts to meet you halfway. Appreciation builds a sense of teamwork and strengthens the bond.

    Priorities and Boundaries

    Set clear boundaries early in the relationship. It is vital to have a boundary between work and personal life. For instance, pick a time when work-related discussions are off-limits. Similarly, communicate to your partner that certain hours of the day will be only for work when you can’t attend to personal issues. It will allow you to fully engage with your partner without disturbances and, equally, increase your productivity for the lack of distraction during work hours. You can prioritize certain things over others based on their importance. Practice saying no to non-essential work obligations.

    Quality time over quantity

    It’s a fast-paced world, and every second, someone is trying to topple you and take your place. It might not be possible to spend every waking minute with your partner. Instead of worrying about the number of times you meet up in a week or how many hours you spend talking to each other, focus on the quality of the interactions. It is essential to realize that some people have more work than others. Make the most of the time you are together. Be fully present and leave your work tension at the office.

    understanding

    How understanding you are in a relationship ultimately makes it or breaks it. It is a powerful tool for navigating the complexities of balancing career and love. Recognize that you and your partner will not always have the same set of challenges. Your worries, aspirations, and stresses might be completely different. If you are feeling lonely in a relationship, don’t jump to conclusions. It might not be intentional. Take the time to listen actively and empathetically to each other’s concerns. Both partners have to be willing to put themselves in each other’s shoes to see things from the other’s perspective and validate their feelings.

    Learn to delegate

    Many of us fall into the trap of micromanaging, thinking work will collapse without our constant oversight. It’s crucial to understand that you can’t do it all alone. Learn to delegate tasks to save the mental energy for your relationship. Recognize your limits and prioritize what truly matters.

  • Helen Mirren says she felt ‘utterly useless’ at the beginning of her career

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Veteran Hollywood star Helen Mirren felt like a “deer in the headlights” in her early career because she had “no idea” how to behave in front of the camera and hadn’t grasped the “fundamentals” of filmmaking.She admitted to Britain’s OK! magazine: “I was utterly useless at the beginning as I had no idea about getting in the shot or the frame of the camera or what to do when you are in the frame.”I felt when I started out in film it was like deer in the headlights acting. It was like, ‘Action!’ then, ‘Freeze!’. I did not know what to do. It took me a long time.”I did a film called ‘Excalibur’ once and none of us had an idea of what we were doing. We didn’t realise we couldn’t change the shot and we had to do what we rehearsed. Even those fundamentals I did not understand.”The 76-year-old actress is keen to go back to work in the theatre because she loves the “challenge” but said getting back on stage is getting more “difficult” as she’s getting older, reports femalefirst.co.uk. She said: “I try to go back to the stage every few years but it gets difficult as you get older.”It’s only two or three hours a night but you work from the minute you wake up in the morning, as everything is geared towards that moment. “It’s like, ‘When do I eat and when I do rest?’ It’s a challenge, like, ‘Can I do it still? Am I capable?’”There’s a sense of challenge and a sense of duty as there’s a slight leftover of, ‘Well that is real acting’ and film is something else. “That’s not true but it’s a very different kind of energy and commitment. So it’s a combination of these things.”Mirren knows if she gets a stage offer, she will find it hard to turn down.She added: “I’m lucky I’ve got to a point where if I’m asked to play a role on stage it’s a great role. I find it hard to say no to great roles.” 

  • Helen Mirren says she felt ‘utterly useless’ at the beginning of her career

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Veteran Hollywood star Helen Mirren felt like a “deer in the headlights” in her early career because she had “no idea” how to behave in front of the camera and hadn’t grasped the “fundamentals” of filmmaking.She admitted to Britain’s OK! magazine: “I was utterly useless at the beginning as I had no idea about getting in the shot or the frame of the camera or what to do when you are in the frame.”I felt when I started out in film it was like deer in the headlights acting. It was like, ‘Action!’ then, ‘Freeze!’. I did not know what to do. It took me a long time.”I did a film called ‘Excalibur’ once and none of us had an idea of what we were doing. We didn’t realise we couldn’t change the shot and we had to do what we rehearsed. Even those fundamentals I did not understand.”The 76-year-old actress is keen to go back to work in the theatre because she loves the “challenge” but said getting back on stage is getting more “difficult” as she’s getting older, reports femalefirst.co.uk. She said: “I try to go back to the stage every few years but it gets difficult as you get older.”It’s only two or three hours a night but you work from the minute you wake up in the morning, as everything is geared towards that moment. “It’s like, ‘When do I eat and when I do rest?’ It’s a challenge, like, ‘Can I do it still? Am I capable?’”There’s a sense of challenge and a sense of duty as there’s a slight leftover of, ‘Well that is real acting’ and film is something else. “That’s not true but it’s a very different kind of energy and commitment. So it’s a combination of these things.”Mirren knows if she gets a stage offer, she will find it hard to turn down.She added: “I’m lucky I’ve got to a point where if I’m asked to play a role on stage it’s a great role. I find it hard to say no to great roles.” 

  • Channing Tatum: I’m just (living) in the moment of it,I don’t have a grand plan

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood actor Channing Tatum has said that he previously struggled to “sustain” his intense schedule – but he’s now regained his enthusiasm for work after a four-year hiatus from Hollywood.He shared: “I’m just (living) in the moment of it. I don’t have this grand plan, I don’t think I ever really did have a grand plan. Before I took some time off, I was on a pace that just was untenable. It was not something that I could really sustain. I don’t even know if some of the last stuff that I was making, if I was really and truly my best in it in some of the movies.”I wanted to make sure that I still had something to offer, and I wasn’t just doing it just for a career.” Tatum believes the break came at the right time in his career, as it allowed him to reevaluate his priorities, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

    He told People: “Right now, I feel really in the pocket. I’m having fun.” Earlier this week, Channing revealed he wants ‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ to be the “Super Bowl of stripping”.The actor is currently preparing for what is likely his final bow as Magic Mike, and he’s promised to hold nothing back in the third film in the franchise.He said: “I want it to be the Super Bowl of stripping. I want dancing like we’ve never been able to do in the other two movies, because we had to be honest to what the reality of that world is, which isn’t great dancing.”Despite this, Channing is determined to have a well-written female lead in the new film. He said: “I want to have an equal, if not even more centralised female character for Mike to really play off of and almost to.”I don’t want to say, (to have her) take the baton, but really let the movie be about a female’s experience and not Mike’s experience, because it has been so much about Mike and the guys’ experiences. These movies are very, very female-forward. At least that is our intention.”