Maybe Attaining Work-Life Balance Isn’t the Best Goal for You

<p>At one point several years into my General Counsel role for an S&amp;P 500 public company, I wrote three letters up on my whiteboard. They were to serve as my guideposts for the rest of my career.</p> <p>The letters were these: F H W.</p> <p>My boss came in one day and asked &ldquo;What&rsquo;re those?&rdquo;</p> <p>I told him they stood for Family, Health, and Work. I said that they represented my priorities in life, in that order.</p> <p>He pondered my whiteboard and my statement for a few moments and said, &ldquo;Those are nice goals &hellip; for your next job.&rdquo;</p> <p>Message clear. What got you here is what will keep you here. If you want an easy life, go get an easy job.</p> <h1>Balance and performance are like Clark Kent and Superman</h1> <p>That is, you generally don&rsquo;t see them together.</p> <p>Nothing in my path to getting a C-suite job by my 30s was remotely the result of balance.</p> <p><a href="https://betterhumans.pub/maybe-attaining-work-life-balance-isnt-the-best-goal-for-you-90481404e18"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>
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