{"id":38183,"date":"2026-04-05T12:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T07:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ascent-hr.com\/?p=38183"},"modified":"2026-04-06T12:49:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:19:01","slug":"all-in-good-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ascent-hr.com\/en-ph\/resources\/in-the-press\/all-in-good-time\/","title":{"rendered":"All in Good Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"38183\" class=\"elementor elementor-38183\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-71fdb43b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71fdb43b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column 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class=\"consulting-custom-title\">All in Good Time<\/h1><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d54bbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-stm_post_details\" data-id=\"9d54bbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"press\" data-widget_type=\"stm_post_details.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post_details_wr  consulting_elementor_post_details\">\n    \n<div class=\"stm_post_info\">\n\t<div class=\"stm_post_details clearfix\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"post_date\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa fa-clock-o\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\tApril 5, 2026\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"post_by\">Posted by:\t\t\t\t<span>AscentHR<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"post_cat\">Categories:\t\t\t\t<span>In the Press, Industry Story<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<div class=\"comments_num\">\n\t\t\t<a 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/magazine\/2026\/Apr\/05\/all-in-good-time\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"link to The New Indian Express website article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"210\" height=\"33\" src=\"https:\/\/ascent-hr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-New-Indian-Express-logo.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-35162\" alt=\"The New Indian Express publication logo\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04f8ca9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04f8ca9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In an era of constant connectivity, the rarest luxury is no longer money but uninterrupted time.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da938d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da938d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The clock is ticking.<\/p>\n<p>On a Saturday morning, a laptop lid closes mid-email\u2014the message can wait until Monday. Outside, the balcony air is cool and birds hum softly as the CEO steps out to watch the sunrise; the weekend, for once, not claimed by work. Across town at an airport, someone taps \u201cupgrade,\u201d not for champagne or extra legroom but for the promise of silence\u2014a cocooned seat, noise-cancelling headphones and three hours of being unreachable. In a small kitchen, between the whistle of a pressure cooker and the weight of daily chores, a 10 am alarm rings not for a meeting but for an hour reclaimed by a homemaker; a paintbrush lifted after years, a canvas waiting for a love she once set aside. A cab driver logs out at 9 pm even as orders surge and incentives flash on the screen; he pockets the phone and drives home, unwilling to miss dinner with his wife and children, because to him that time is sacrosanct. Elsewhere, a young employee quietly switches her status to \u201coffline\u201d at 6.31 pm, no apology given, the boundary calm but clear. Another sends a two-line email, sets an out-of-office reply and boards a one-way flight, swapping his briefcase for a backpack as he finally takes the trip he had put off for years.<\/p>\n<p>Different ages. Different incomes. Different advantages and responsibilities. Yet, running through these small, almost invisible choices is the same understanding: time is limited. And more and more, people are treating it that way. For decades, the goal of Boomers was measured in terms of staying power. Working the longest hours. Keeping the busiest schedule. Letting leave days go unused. Being important meant being always available. But somewhere between burnout, pandemic lessons and endless phone alerts, the math stopped making sense.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, time has quietly replaced money as the clearest sign of success. Flexible work, shorter weeks, planned rest breaks and early retirement\u2014all point to the same change in values: control over one\u2019s hours now carries more respect than a bigger paycheck. This shift is changing how careers are built and judged. Professionals are choosing sideway moves, varied careers or fewer hours, not as settling, but as improvements to their quality of life. Companies, in turn, are rethinking what productivity means\u2014building systems that measure results instead of presence, and keeping staff instead of pushing hustle. The ultimate show of success is the ability to stop and take back your time.<\/p>\n<p>Gen Z and younger Millennials speak more openly about mental health, are less willing to praise exhaustion, and are more comfortable holding many identities at once. Working too much, to them, is not a sign of pride. It is not sustainable. Aadishree Dixit, an independent branding consultant, says it simply: \u201cFair pay, respect for time and feeling safe at work aren\u2019t extras to me. They\u2019re basic conditions.\u201d They are the bare minimum. Early in her career, she accepted hustle culture without question. \u201cI was working in content, which means high output, tight deadlines, little room for mistakes. What I learned is that burnout isn\u2019t a personal failure. It\u2019s often a system problem.\u201d Now, when she has too much on her plate, she says so. \u201cI\u2019d rather show the limits clearly than absorb pressure until quality drops.\u201d She is still practical about financial stability. \u201cBut I\u2019ve seen what happens when people drop their boundaries, hoping to be rewarded. The reward rarely satisfies, and recovery takes longer than expected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Why does time feel like the new status symbol? Perhaps because what is rare has changed\u2014economic growth has raised incomes, but digital speed has squeezed days. Meetings spill into evenings. Alerts take over weekends. Comparison culture makes it seem like everyone else is doing more. In that climate, choosing not to overwork is quietly bold. This is not anti-ambition. It is pro-freedom. The pattern is clear. Earlier generations chased financial security because money was genuinely scarce. Today\u2019s working professionals are facing a different kind of scarcity: mental bandwidth, emotional energy and uninterrupted hours.<\/p>\n<p>Clinical psychologist Prachi Saxena places the shift at the crossing point of exposure and self-reflection. \u201cAfter decades of not having examples of healthy limits,\u201d she says, \u201csocial media and exposure to Western individual-focused cultures have given people new ways of thinking. Add to that the rise in therapy\u2019s popularity, and people now have tools to name and practise boundaries.\u201d But beneath the language of boundaries lies something deeper: control. \u201cStress,\u201d she explains, \u201cis less about the number of hours you have and more about how much control you feel over your life.\u201d Research on \u201ctime wealth\u201d supports this idea. Studies by Tim Kasser and Kennon Sheldon in the Journal of Business Ethics found that people who feel time-rich report greater freedom, stronger relationships, and more personal growth. Work by Kirk Warren Brown and Richard Ryan in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology links time wealth to better mindfulness. On the other side, Laura Giurge and Ashley Whillans, writing in Nature Human Behaviour, connect time poverty with mental overload and a reduced ability to experience flow, that deeply focused state linked to peak performance.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, having enough time is not just about clearing the schedule. It is about using those hours in ways that matter, aligning them with values, relationships, curiosity and growth. A 2023 study in the Indian Journal of Psychiatry found a 17 per cent rise in burnout-related depression among Indians aged 22-30. Ongoing stress, digital fatigue and overwork are hitting Gen Z earlier and harder. They are pushing back, and their idea of success is changing. That overload, says Mind Performance Coach and Corporate Trainer Tanya Bhatia Trehan, is often mislabelled. \u201cThis isn\u2019t just a time problem but an energy problem pretending to be one.\u201d In her coaching practice, even senior leaders struggle to find two uninterrupted hours a week for personal growth. The irony, she notes, is sharp: the same work that earns rest makes stepping away feel impossible. \u201cTime management is really energy management,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Those who see time as scarce try to chase it and feel always behind. Those who see it as something to experience report greater focus and output. Mindfulness, she argues, isn\u2019t about slowing ambition; it\u2019s about cutting internal noise, focusing fully, then switching off fully. With time as the new currency, measures of productivity are being forced to change. Murali Santhanam, CHRO at AscentHR Technologies, frames the tension clearly. He believes the debate around time isn\u2019t as simple as \u201cpeople want less work\u201d. It is about choice and what we call success. Santhanam breaks time freedom into three direct questions: Where do you want to spend your time? How do you want to spend it? And who gets to decide? When you place those alongside traditional growth markers \u2014 profit, revenue, client growth, output \u2014 conflict is inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>That tension is reshaping structures. Organisations are trying out async work (teams work together without needing to be online at the same time), sprint-based models (short, intense bursts of focused output), and flexible work windows that value results over attendance. Short breaks are replacing long holidays; brief career pauses are entering everyday vocabulary; freelancing and varied careers are growing.<\/p>\n<p>The shift is clear: measure results, not hours. \u201cOrganisations are driven by growth markers. Individuals are increasingly driven by time freedom. There is a built-in conflict between the two,\u201d Santhanam notes. Gen Alpha and employees, especially Gen Z, are negotiating flexibility almost as actively as they negotiate salary. Baby Boomers, he believes, often saw long hours as proof of commitment; time freedom was something to be adjusted in service of growth. Today\u2019s professionals, by contrast, want flexibility built into the structure itself.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Kamal Chhabra, Founder and CEO of KC GlobEd, has seen the shift across markets. \u201cEarlier, titles and salaries defined success,\u201d he says. \u201cNow flexibility and wellbeing carry equal weight.\u201d Globally, gig models and hybrid setups are firmly in place. India, pushed forward by the pandemic and a growing startup world, is catching up. \u201cWe have moved toward outcome-based performance systems,\u201d Chhabra explains. \u201cIn today\u2019s digital economy, value creation matters more than physical presence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When people control their time, productivity generally improves. Teams that plan their own schedules often work together more thoughtfully. Ashima Deepak Kaul, VP Human Resources, REHAU India, sees the pandemic as a turning point that sped up how people value time, work and presence. When the world shut down, people were forced to pause. Dining tables became workstations. Parents watched their children grow up in real time. \u201cThat experience changed expectations,\u201d she says. The daily grind suddenly seemed like a choice. Relationships, health and being present were no longer distant ideals but everyday realities.<\/p>\n<p>Gen Z and Millennials said it openly, realising success could not be measured only in money. Gen Alpha, she notes, grew up watching how work bleeds into life, and they are unwilling to accept that imbalance without question. For leadership teams\u2014many in their mid-to-late 40s\u2014this creates a delicate challenge. They stand between an era that equated long hours with commitment, and one that refuses to return to rigid systems. \u201cIt\u2019s increasingly difficult to drive people only by time,\u201d she admits.<\/p>\n<p>At REHAU India, there is no strict hour-tracking. Results, not attendance, are what count. Kaul prefers the image of \u201csprints over marathons\u201d. \u201cNot everything is urgent,\u201d she observes; the feeling of immediacy is often habit, not reality. She lives this herself. Some mornings begin at the gym, others with a book in hand. Some overwhelming afternoons require stepping away for a quick hour. \u201cIf I\u2019m not in the right place mentally, how do I give empathy?\u201d she asks. Being truly present, she has learned, needs protecting\u2014whether that means a 20-minute drive alone before going home, or asking someone to return in 30 minutes so she can truly listen.<\/p>\n<p>For some, resetting doesn\u2019t mean adjusting work hours. It means walking away. Pushkar Sohony, former Deputy Vice-President at HDFC, spent 18 years at HDFC Bank. In August 2023, he found himself staring at four familiar reasons to quit: a new boss, a flat salary, a title he didn\u2019t like, and a role that felt unclear. \u201cIn the past, I would have used those reasons to find a better job,\u201d he says, \u201cbut this time, I used them to find myself.\u201d At 44, he chose to trade the safety of a monthly salary for the uncertainty of an empty calendar. \u201cBeing in charge of my own time felt like a higher status than any job title.\u201d He calls it a recognition of shrinking returns: the cycle of earning more to buy things you barely have time to enjoy eventually wears you out. \u201cTime,\u201d he says, \u201cis the only currency that truly grows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But freedom, he found, is not automatically fulfilling. Before quitting, he acted like \u201ca detective\u201d on his own finances\u2014reviewing two years of expenses. Even then, the harder part wasn\u2019t money\u2014it was identity. By January 2024, without his usual meetings or goals, he slipped into what he calls \u201csad chaos\u201d. Sleep suffered. Weight crept up. \u201cYou have to plan for what you will do with your soul, not just how you will pay for your food.\u201d Time wealth, therefore, is not a cure-all. Too much unplanned free time can eat away at purpose and reduce life satisfaction. Free time must come with meaningful activity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arr--story-page-card-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"arr--element-container story-element-card-m_element-container__1ZeJL story-element-card-m_dark__1AX15\">\n<div class=\"arrow-component arr--text-element text-m_textElement__e3QEt text-m_dark__1TC18 \" data-test-id=\"text\">\n<p>Dhimant Chovatia, founder of Dhriti Communications, echoes the theme differently. His departure was less sudden, more thoughtful. In 2015, while working as vice president in an NGO, personal upheavals\u2014moving cities, dealing with loneliness\u2014forced deep reflection. \u201cThe future stopped feeling guaranteed,\u201d he reflects. \u201cSo the present became urgent.\u201d Despite working in the social sector, he realised he was still chasing money in ways that brought little joy. In 2017, he left and started his own venture. He pursued photography, taught fundraising and travelled widely through rural India. A decade on, he takes pride in building work around life, not the other way around. Roughly 15-20 per cent of his projects bring in income; the rest he chooses for fulfilment. If something feels draining, he says no. \u201cI may earn less than some peers,\u201d he admits, \u201cbut I steer my own ship.\u201d What he has gained is harder to measure: peace, freedom and the ability to watch a weekday film without asking anyone\u2019s permission. For him, that trade feels freeing.<\/p>\n<p>Aarushi Sharma Rai, now an independent PR and partnerships consultant, will agree. She finally quit her decade-long repetitive corporate cycle. \u201cI was in a rat race on auto mode,\u201d she recalls. The learning curve had flattened. The work, once energising, had become routine. Last year, she stepped out to take back her sense of purpose. Independence has let her go after projects she genuinely wants to be part of. She finds time to learn new skills, volunteer and say yes to fulfilling experiences on a weekday without guilt. \u201cI\u2019m more mindful of my time and resources now.\u201d But she is honest about what made that leap possible. It was not blind faith. It was savings, a strong professional network and confidence in her skill set. \u201cOtherwise, it\u2019s difficult to make a decision for yourself. Everyone has bills to pay,\u201d she admits.<\/p>\n<p>From his position as founder of Stylework, and from years of watching professionals inside coworking spaces, Sparsh Khandelwal has seen how carefully people now guard their hours. Some book private pods for deep work, turning glass cabins into quiet spaces. Others protect the first hour of their day and treat it like a client meeting they cannot cancel on themselves. Headphones become a silent signal for \u201cdo not disturb\u201d. Many follow small end-of-day rituals\u2014closing tabs, writing the next day\u2019s top three tasks\u2014so work doesn\u2019t follow them home.<\/p>\n<p>Starting his own company changed his relationship with time. In the early years, hustle felt loud and constant. Over a decade, that idea evolved. \u201cThe real shift wasn\u2019t slowing down,\u201d he reflects. \u201cIt was moving from performing productivity to structured hustle.\u201d Today, his non-negotiables are defined. Time with family. Meaningful experiences. Moments of deliberate rest. \u201cThey\u2019re not dramatic,\u201d he says. \u201cThey\u2019re simple.\u201d Protecting that, he believes, makes leadership steadier\u2014and work sharper.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, the ability to \u201ctake back\u201d time remains deeply unequal. For large parts of the workforce\u2014daily wage workers, delivery riders paid per drop, sanitation workers, domestic helpers\u2014time is not a philosophical choice. It is a calculation tied directly to survival. An hour not worked can mean money not earned. Flexibility, in these cases, often means unpredictability rather than freedom. There are no planned rest breaks, no empty calendars by design, only longer shifts, tighter targets and longer commutes. While offices debate results versus attendance, millions are still paid for presence, physical effort and minutes. The language of freedom can sound distant when rent is due weekly and savings are thin. For them, time is not something to shape for personal growth; it is something to get through.<\/p>\n<p>The cultural shift around limits and balance is real, but it is not universal. The privilege to pause is, in itself, a form of wealth. Time-focused living is not a rejection of work. It is a refusal to be swallowed by it. A rebellion against living without awareness. The laptop still opens on Monday morning. The pressure cooker still whistles. The cab driver logs in the next dawn. The employee inbox refills overnight. The difference now is awareness. In a world that sold attention and celebrated exhaustion, the rarest luxury is no longer money. It is unhurried hours\u2014chosen, protected and used with awareness and intent.<\/p>\n<p>Time has in no way replaced ambition. It has redefined it. 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