Building a career sometimes involves great sacrifices. Balancing personal and professional life often seems an unattainable challenge, but the fact is that we must move forward on this dual vital scale and, most importantly, we must do so by giving each of the areas the time and attention they deserve, understanding, from the outset, that we cannot say yes to everything. Starting from this premise, Joris Van der Schoot and Agustín Peralt have collected in their book Work like a northerner, live like a Mediterranean (Plataforma Editorial) what they consider to be the ten essential commandments to better organize our lives and achieve balance between work and personal life.