When I'm at work its a 84 hr week, 12 hr shifts plus study after that. Thats for 3 weeks at a time, on a production platform, middle of the ocean. Its high stress, high production dollars and lots of experience around me for support.
I've been a part of the management team for the last 6 years and the key is delegation as stated above. If the swing offshore starts off hectic and you forget that 1 key word, "delegation" it makes for a long 3 weeks. The experience and knowledge is there its just knowing how to get it out of the people when and how you need it. In Australia you can't just let someone go, in fact the employee has all the rights and almost impossible to get rid of. When you hire someone its almost as expensive and stressful as a divorce if you want to get rid of them. Hire once and hire right.
The upside is that I only work for 21 weeks of the year, the rest is spent doing the things I enjoy, family,renovating and of course anything that moves.
When at work, I'm at work, when at home, I'm home. 2 different lives both satisfying for different reasons.
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