jack welch was wrong when he told a room full of hr professionals that “there’s no such thing as work-life balance” and that women must choose. women, nor men, have to choose
between a family and the corner office. you may have to choose between a family and the corner office at general electric, because it’s clear that the brand’s culture does not look like it supports work/life balance but, lucky for us, general electric is not your only choice. in fact, corporate america is not your only choice.

what you do have to do is get very clear on what is important to you as well as what you bring to the table (your unique factors, strengths, passions, etc). After that, you have to be courageous enough to choose to create your own rules so that you can make what is important to you a reality when the current rules aren’t working for you. need a few examples? look at the incredible women that are are full-time moms and have a corner office in their house like renee ross or lucretia pruitt

don’t allow someone to dictate to you what you can accomplish. break out of their box and be the exception to their rule. you won’t be the first nor last.

-from the desk of my iPhone