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The book 'How Will You Measure Your Life' suggests that balancing career and personal life can be viewed as a resource allocation problem. One strategy is to adopt a deliberate strategy approach, planning your career trajectory for the next five years. However, this only works if you have found a career trajectory that provides motivators and hygiene factors. If not, the book suggests adopting an Emergent Strategy, which involves constant experimentation and modifications until you find the right balance. It's also important to remember that you have limited time, energy, wealth, and talent, so you need to allocate these resources wisely between your work and personal life.
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In your career, you are constantly navigating a path between deliberate strategy and unanticipated alternatives. Many young professionals believe that they must have a deliberate strategy approach and plan their career trajectories for the next five years. But this makes sense only if you have found a career trajectory that provides motivators and hygiene factors. But if you haven't found a way to maximize your motivators and satisfy the hygiene factors, adopt an Emergent Strategy through constant experimentation and modifications until you find the right trajectory.
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