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title: How To Be a Work-Life Balance Ninja
description: Finding autonomy at the office could be a key to finding balance between work and home.
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Author Kerry Hannon discusses career topics in her new book, 'Love Your Job: The New Rules for Career Happiness.' She sat down with Money's Susie Poppick to discuss how to be a work-life balance ninja. Workers want to achieve productivity at the office, but they also want to maintain active person lives. Some key pieces of advice: Schedule your own time as well as you schedule your work activities. Try to get flexibility at the office, including greater control over setting your hours.

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