Tips To Master The Art Of Work-Life Balance
The Singapore Women's Weekly|December 2018

Struggling with managing your time between work and family? These go-getters share how they juggle their demanding careers with their personal life.

Sandhya Mahadevan
Tips To Master The Art Of Work-Life Balance

PATSY ONG-HAHL 52, Co-founder and CEO, A DrBrand

Passionate, fun, sporty and hardworking – Patsy Ong-Hahl loves a good laugh as much as the other person, but is dead serious when it comes to work. She has a global beauty and wellness company to show for it. The keynote to her success has been her ability to remain positive even when faced with failure. “There are good days and bad days. To me, good days give happiness, but bad days give experience,” she says.

SWITCH ON, SWITCH OFF

Patsy looks for balance in everything – even within work. “I am passionate to a fault (some might say). It is a good balance that I am also very analytical – I am very numbers and data-driven,” she explains. “I love to work but love to spend time with my family as well.” And dinner with family tops that list. “Home with my husband, son and the dog is very important” – where she slips into “family” mode. “Very often, people get home and bring their work and problems home. They forget to really enjoy the simple pleasures of just doing nothing, but being home with loved ones.” This means, from dinner dates every Friday with husband, to family hikes to Singapore Botanic Gardens every Saturday with their dog in tow and every other time in between, she is mentally and physically present.

ME TIME, EVERYDAY

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