The Secret to a Work-Life Balance for Women

You know a young woman came to see me at Facebook once and she started asking me all these questions about how I balanced You know kids and and work and she looked kind of young. So I said Thinking about having a child she said oh no, she started laughing. She said I just graduated from college. I don't even have a boyfriend So what you're saying is women aren't going for opportunities because they're afraid of the work-life balance Ultimately face so they keep from going for big big jobs because they think gee if I do a big job I'll never be they'll have a family and you say go for the big job and and and deal with family later Yeah I I think I feel very strongly that all of us have to make these personal decisions when we have when we have that child You have to decide are you gonna be a work-at-home mom? You're gonna be a work-in-the-office mom but until then You should lean in keep your foot on the gas pedal because it turns out if you do that you might get promoted You might make enough money to afford child care you might have a more interesting job You might get promoted to a level where there's more flexibility and you might have the leverage you need to make demands so that your work Actually complements your family life at the on the other girl, you know Isn't the problem that our biological clocks often collide with our window of opportunity for career advancement? I mean, let's face it. You can't put off having a child forever because then you'll have fertility issues. That's right And in my book, I'm honest about that. There's a Opportunity I did not take because I wanted to have a second child I think this is something we have to change. We don't talk about this women talk about it themselves But we don't talk to our bosses and we don't talk to our employees about you might want to have a child one day I'm here to help you. I think we can change