“There is no such thing as work-life balance,” Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, boasted earlier this year. But don’t believe her. This message, that the only way to succeed is to live an unhealthy life focused on your work, is a farce. Sandberg doesn’t appear to live up to it herself. She leaves work every [...]
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Professional Fridays: The Overlooked Mentor
Every professional advice column includes this one piece of sterling knowledge: Find a Mentor! But what does that mean? For a lot of people – especially young women – this entails seeking out someone who has the most impressive job title in the field you want to work in, “accidentally” bumping into them at an [...]