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Do you want to run 3 hour marathons on Saturdays and still have time to make pancakes with your two kids who are almost certainly named Brooklyn and Chloe? Do you want to travel the world, finding the best tacos in every country, and putting them head-to-head in a march madness style 64-taco bracket? …OK, maybe that last one’s just me. But the point is - we all have a set of dreams. And it’s a set. You don’t just want one thing - you want ALL the things. We don’t just want the career, or the relationship. We want both. And we worry - if I put 60 hours a week into winning the career game, will I start to lose the family game. We want to have our confetti cake, and eat it too…oh, and the cake should be zero calories and someone else pays for it. But saying “I want it all” sounds greedy. Sounds wrong. So that’s why some marketing genius started calling it “life balance”. Life balance is code for “I want everything”. Well I’m here to tell you, that you CAN have everything (it’s just not ca

why the 'safe path' is not actually safe May 6, 2024 why the 'safe path' is not actually safe Lemme crack open a cold-hard-truth for you… there is no such thing as “Life Balance.” ‍ In fact…not only does life balance not exist…it’s not even the right goal. You don’t want balance. You think you do…but you really don’t. Ask yourself truthfully - what do you really want? Do you want millions in the bank? Six pack abs? Do you want to run 3 hour marathons on Saturdays and still have time to make pancakes with your two kids who are almost certainly named Brooklyn and Chloe? Do you want to travel the

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