Begin To Understand Your Limits

In her book, Having It All, psychologist Deborah Lee quotes an investment consultant as saying, "Having both work and family is a plus." She points out that a balanced portfolio is much safer than having all your stock in one company. Question: "Can you really have it all?" Can you have a rewarding job and a happy family—a high- powered, high-stress job with a lot of demands and a salary to match, at the same time you are a mother or a dad who is there for his or her children? Can you succeed in business and still be there when your child takes his first step, or throws his first ball at Little League? Can you sit on the corporate board and be there for Parent's Day when your daughter's first grade teacher shows moms and dads how well little Teresa can read?