24 hours in a day, 168 hours in a week. Junior investment bankers regularly work 80-90 hours a week. Many other high profile professions require the same level of commitment. Often those on the outside claim that working 80-90 hours a week is bad/wrong/terrible/silly/etc but we’ve spoken with so many folks who say working that much has been the best decision of their life – it allowed them to develop a deep and strong skill set far faster than would have been possible otherwise. In other words, by working 2x the hours, they were able to generate 5x or more the rewards. And depending on where you are in your career, investing heavily in your skills and competence can pay dividends for a long time.

Patricia Timerman Barbosa Da Silva

When I first started working, my work life balance was very imbalance. Growing up, I had it ingrained that works comes first and play/ life comes second, that you need to work in order to make money in order to live. As a result, I prioritized work for many years. Another factor that played into this imbalance is the fact that I own my own business. As many business owners would agree, owning our own business is a 24/7 job.  Read More>> 

Dimitri Defrant

As my family grows, so does my perspective on balance. Since 2020, I’ve married my college sweetheart, moved from South Florida to metro Atlanta and back, and now we’ve got a full house with two under two. I work full-time as a home health physical therapist and create daily cocktail and mocktail content, all while showing up as a present husband and father. Read More>> 

Danielle Garno

I always laugh at the term “work life balance” because as a mother of four daughters and a lawyer in BigLaw for the last 20+ years, it’s a misnomer. For me, it’s about triage: what or who needs me most in that moment?

My practice has always demanded extensive travel, whether it was commuting to India for six months on a matter or bouncing from Miami to NY to LA to Europe and back to serve clients. My daughters understood early on that I was not going to make it to every school presentation or parent event, but I would be present for the ones that mattered most. Read More>> 

Leighton Campbell

I don’t believe in work life balance. Balance means equal weight on each. This is nearly impossible and very impractical also. There are times one side will require more attention than the other. You’d be foolish to rigidly focus on balance during such times. It’s more about harmony than balance. Harmony implies the right amount of each.  Read More>>