New year resolutions are easy to make but extremely difficult to maintain: Glenn Saldanha

‘New year resolutions are easy to make but extremely difficult to maintain’

Glenn Saldanha, Chairman and Managing Director, Glenmark Pharma

I feel the secret of living a positive, fulfilling and a happy life is to maintain a proper balance between spending time at work, with family or friends and also focusing on your health and fitness. So my New Year Resolution is to maintain a healthy work life balance as well as turning the spotlight on my fitness. Being the Chief Executive Officer of a global pharma company with operations spread across diverse geographies can be tough on your work-life balance. But you need to strike a way out.

I have always realised that it is important to spend time with your family and friends, but have not been able to do proper justice because of my hectic and demanding work schedule. My two daughters – Aisha and Rayna are my recharge tablets and this year I resolve to spend more quality time with them; along with my wife and other family members.

Along with your family, dedicating some time for friends can be equally pleasurable and unwinding. So, allocating more time for my good old friends is also on my New Year resolution list.

Another area of focus for me in 2014 will be my fitness. I do play badminton around three times a week which serves as a decent workout but I need to create a consistent workout routine. So, on the agenda are plans like daily brisk walking and keeping a tab on my diet i.e. eating healthy and saying no to junk food.

However, I do realise that New Year resolutions are easy to make but extremely difficult to maintain for any professional, where work dictates your priority. But I sincerely hope that I am able to keep my resolution of striking a health balance between my work on one hand and family, friends and my health on the other.