Meh...it seems disingenuous (or something) to strongly imply that the people who mistakenly think they need to balance their work and their life just aren't try

Meh...it seems disingenuous (or something) to strongly imply that the people who mistakenly think they need to balance their work and their life just aren't trying hard enough to enjoy their work. Maybe the author is implicitly assuming that he's only addressing work/life balance among similarly well situated peers. Even then, it seems like most people can be employed in a way that fulfills them because they're fulfilled by being with friends and family. It's easy for someone fulfilled by creating valuable software to enjoy their work, but for someone who just wants to raise good kids to have to go deal with some idiot's calendar all day must be tough. The author's title is literally "director of fun and product design." Also, his example of how one garbage man he talked to loved being a garbage man isn't much of a rebuttal because both of them get a lot of control over their workday, which is a strong predictor of satisfaction at work. I dunno. Just seems like someone who got lucky blaming everyone else for not being as good a person as him.