The Balance Dilemma

the podcast that asks "can you have it all at once?"

I was recently honored to be invited to appear on the Balance Dilemma, a podcast hosted by Maura Carlin and Christie Derrico.

Can you have it all and can you have it all at once? is the key question they pursue with a variety of guests.

I spoke about my life and my career in that context, as well as my re-WIRE-ment in retirement.

Maura and Christie take you from childhood to the very hour of the podcast. Below are just a few of the topics I discussed:

• The simple, but brilliant, management lesson I learned at the age of 22 as a middle school teacher.

• The realization, decades later, of the vital role my first marriage played in my lifelong career, and the deep, important value of graceful endings.

• My somewhat controversial philosophy of mentorship.

• The sheer joy of finding a way to say what you mean and mean what you say.

• My consideration and final decision on whether to have children.

• What a day in the frenetic life of a workaholic looks like.

• And finally, what advice I would I give to my 25-year-old self.

My 40 minute interview is available in full audio on Apple podcasts, while a shorter 25-minute video version is available on You Tube (below).