#2: Keep your priorities in mind—and be thankful.
But second, and most important, never lose sight of the great gift you have: you’ve found a work schedule that meets your primary priority of being able to balance work with family. Be thankful for the opportunity to do your best and be your best both personally and professionally. And be fierce about protecting the work/life balance that allows you to prioritize your family. Don’t apologize for that. If you handle it well, your flex-time schedule and professionalism could lay the groundwork for other women to be afforded the same benefit—and it might even give some of the family-oriented men in your office a precedent so they can do the same.
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Shaunti Feldhahn loves sharing eye-opening information that helps people thrive in life and relationships. She herself started out with a Harvard graduate degree and Wall Street credentials but no clue about life. After an unexpected shift into relationship research for average people like her, she now is a popular speaker and author of best-selling books about men, women and relationships. (Including For Women Only, For Men Only, and the groundbreaking The Good News About Marriage).
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