If you believe there’s a possibility you can be mistaken for a non-parent who can work difficult as well as Play difficult just like any type of other twenty-something-single dude, then, by all means, don’t checked out this book.
If, however, you are having a hard time along (like the rest of us) to discover some balance between those conflicting forces of guilt as well as enjoyment called work as well as HOME, then pleased at Work, pleased at house is one more excellent book in the library of the working mom. It is at when supportive, encouraging, as well as practical.
I was in a task interview just recently (while this book was tucked in the backpack at my feet) vacillating between pretending I was a childfree workaholic as well as understanding better. Of program my interviewer really said, “I like to work difficult as well as play hard” as well as fished for personal info about me with “I don’t understand if you have any type of kids…” so it’s no question I feel conflicted asking of what I requirement as well as deserve.
I was extremely lucky to hear authors Caitlin as well as Kim speak at a working mothers lunch. Ironically, I believe I was the only person there without a “real job” however that’s not my point. They were smartly dressed (not my typical vocabulary however seriously adorable dresses!) as well as humble in talking about the sticky web of topics surrounding working parents.
They told us during their presentation that their very first draft of this book, written after interviewing lots of high-power working moms, was a depressing collage of women on the brink. It turns out that there are numerous mistakes, as well as if you ask sufficient working moms, you will discover somebody who has made every one of them. at one time or another, we’ve all been guilty of handling as well much, handling as well little, as well as being understood as the person who states all the wrong things. At least that was some comfort. Schadenfreude always is, yes?
After putting on their rose-colored glasses as well as working with an editor, the book morphed into a positive, upbeat collection of lessons discovered the difficult way. These working-mom-life-lessons are now organized as well as provided to us to ensure that we can make a new batch of errors as well as prevent a few of the typical ones.
Here are a few of Kim as well as Caitlins’ 100 reasons why it’s excellent to be a working mom:
Working moms…
5. understand that personal lives matter.
28. Delegate with respect.
56. keep their word.
65. set remove expectations.
80. checked out the room.
82. gown for success.
99. keep great deals of spheres in the air.
Da. Da. as well as yes. just as a former associate told me recently, “You were excellent when we worked together, as well as I understand you’re even much better now.” We may all requirement some mantras of affirmation, however the working-me is still in there. as well as the me-who-deals-with-crazy-boys all the time is the cherry on top of the sundae.
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I got the book for totally free for going to their Yodeling Mamas lunch. I believe I likewise got a salad as well as bottle of water. though the talk was great, the monetary value was most likely not equal to the gas I utilized to drive to the event in Sunnyvale.