Not Your Mother's Life : Changing the Rules of Work, Love, and Family
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (545 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000IOEM2A |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Good in some ways Amazon Reviewer I have to preface this: I'm not a mom yet, so I know zip from experience.I have some quibbles with some of the Moms profiled in this book who say that bringing their kids to work was no problem. If you're the boss, and you bring your child to the office, your employees aren't going to tell you to your face they mind them being th. Wise Advice Sarah MacDonald For all the women of my generation who are confused and frustrated by the millions of options and pitfalls involved in combining career, family and self, this book is a strong answer to those questions. Peters writes clearly and well about the encouraging possibility that we can do everything we want without sacrificing ourselves
The keys to success are knowing what one wants, planning accordingly and avoiding the traps of a traditional marriage, in which the mother bears primary domestic and childcare responsibilities. Agent, Susan Ginsburg. Real-life case studies are scattered throughout the book, showcasing a wide range of strategies. A chapter on entrepreneurialism instructs women on how to strike out on their own; another titled "Understanding the Workplace 2000" teaches women and men to negotiate and redefine the workplace: its hours, pressures and benchmarks of success. Choice
Not only can they decide on the career, the company, and the workday they want, they can choose a spouse who shares their goals and will shape their relationship to support them. The next generation of women want a career and a life, but they don't know how to get both. Full of real-life examples of women who are doing it their own way, Not Your Mother's Life offers this new generation a vision of how to remake the work world according to their own needs-ultimately benefiting women and men.. Having watched the boomer generation, they know they do