Between today’s economic and political turmoil, tension between employees and employers and COVID-19 panic only just beginning to wane, it’s no surprise that the conversation about what makes a healthy work-life balance is rife with new ideas and controversial lifestyle ‘takes’.
What seems to be missing, however, is anything that really addresses the pinnacle of the ideal: the mythical keystone of “doing a job you love, so you don’t work a day in your life”. This was something perfectly embodied by one very dedicated and extremely intelligent scientist, Rita Levi-Montalcini.