Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 6014 with that, especially during harvest. One thing you need to do is recognize you’re not an open-heart surgeon. You don’t have to be on call 24/7. You have to have that discipline to shut your phone off, put it away, and not have it rule your life,” Entz says. “We’re all committed to our iPhones and Blackberries and with that comes expectations. We don’t give ourselves enough of a break by turning it off,” Hansen adds. “We’ve got tools that we’ve never had before, and we have to make them work for us, not us work for them.” Mastering technology is an issue Reichard sees more and more in the age of the Internet and smartphones. “I have a client who’s very successful, who shuts the phone off at 5 p.m. No calls, emails, or texts. Those are handled in the morning. I often see people who are tired of working 12 hours a day and answering the phone after 6 p.m. and working on the weekend.” A False Quest? For Hansen, the challenge isn’t so much striking a balance between work and life, but integrating them as best as possible. “It can’t always be a utopia of perfect balance — sometimes it means you have to work longer hours than you want, and sometimes it means circling a personal commitment on the calendar and staying committed to that,” Hansen says. Over the years, he’s dealt with the challenges of working in seed and raising two daughters with his wife, Gayle. “For years, my wife was very much the backbone with respect to the day-to-day activities with our family. I spent a lot of time driving and travelling across the Prairies, and when there’s children at home, that’s a big challenge. Those are the realities of business and the demands that come with these jobs. It’s not always a pretty picture, but it’s the reality.” Being married with four children, Entz has learned to listen to his family — including wife Sandy — who he says are a “really good barometer in terms of how you’re scoring with your work and personal life. We all love what we do in ag, and when you love what you do, you’re OK spending a lot of time doing it. You just have to make sure you’re not neglecting other areas of your life.” Calling into question the validity of the work-life balance concept is something Reichard actually encourages his cli- ents to do. “I don’t know if it’s possible at all to balance those two things. What we all deal with every day is a very complex life-bal- ancing act. Work is a part of our life, it’s not something we can separate from everything else. I worry that people might be chasing something that doesn’t exist, a static state where everything is controlled and in harmony at all times and they think balance is about giving equal time to their work and personal lives, but it’s not,” he says. “When I work with people, I don’t just coach them about work-life balance. It’s often about creating a more meaning- ful life, a life with more purpose, career transitions, personal growth in general.” Some people, he says, choose to “get off the treadmill” and find a new job that is less busy and stressful. Others are OK with their work and simply need to set more boundaries at the office and learn to say no. Others, he says, are career-driven and don’t mind sacrificing some family time for their work. The point, Reichard says, is that there’s no blanket prescription for everyone trying to meet the demands of work and family life. “The world has changed, and in agriculture, things have changed too,” he says. “There’s a lot of technology and machin- ery and industry involved now. And the thing is, industry is learning what brings out the best in people. “More and more companies really honour the people working for them, and they help them create different structures and schedules so their people are happy and healthy and fulfilled. “If we want more balance in our lives, we need to question ourselves, how we’re living and how we view the world and then challenge ourselves to carve out ways of honouring our values and needs, even in small ways.” Marc Zienkiewicz Trait Stewardship Responsibilities Notice to Farmers Monsanto Company is a member of Excellence Through Stewardship® (ETS). Monsanto products are commercialized in accordance with ETS Product Launch Stewardship Guidance, and in compliance with Monsanto’s Policy for Commercialization of Biotechnology- Derived Plant Products in Commodity Crops. These products have been approved for import into key export markets with functioning regulatory systems. 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