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My point is that having kids massively strengthened those attributes in me—and others I've spoken with. I wouldn't have been in the same position otherwise. Al
by basseq 6y ago
My point is that having kids massively strengthened those attributes in me—and others I've spoken with. I wouldn't have been in the same position otherwise.
All this is to say... it's not about fast or slow. It's about different and finding what works.
And there are counter-examples, too. I worked with a guy who ran a global business unit—a couple billion dollars, probably—and had 5 kids. Might he have been even more successful had he remained childless? Maybe... who knows. He was good either way.
I volunteered with a woman who is now the CEO of a Fortune 500 company. She brought her daughter with her, and doing social good as a family was an important part of her personal and. professional life.
If you're good and driven, it doesn't matter.
- apohn 6y ago>If you're good and driven, it doesn't matter. So I don't mean to be a pedantic ass here, but the "I'm a CEO and I have a wonderful home life" is probably the exception, not the rule. The reality is that you can't be a CEO on a 9-5 schedule. You probably have a lot of help for all those times you have to travel, stay late, leave early, etc. Something is going to be scarified. That being said, you can have a successful career without becoming a CEO or running a global business unit. So it's not 100% career or 100% family.
- basseq 6y agoAbsolutely true. You have to decide where your priorities are, and what you’re willing to sacrifice. My point was the simpler one that having kids in of itself doesn’t hold you back.