“Work-life balance is a lie,” according to Thasunda Brown Duckett, president and CEO of financial services company TIAA and just one of two Black women CEOs in the Fortune 500.
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00:00 I say that word like that is a lie
00:03 because I remember the days where I get up in the morning
00:07 and I don't see my kids.
00:09 I get home at night and I don't see my kids
00:11 because I do work hard.
00:14 I feel like I'm catching an L
00:16 because that didn't reconcile.
00:18 I have a great husband,
00:21 but I feel like I've catched an L
00:23 in terms of I'm not that great of a wife.
00:26 I'm a daughter, but my parents live in Texas,
00:29 and I'm not there the way I would want to be.
00:32 So I decided to shift my mindset and my perspective,
00:37 and instead of a work-life balance,
00:39 I choose to live my life like a diversified portfolio.
00:42 (audience laughing)
00:43 And so here it goes.
00:46 Write down everything that matters to you,
00:49 and this is what I have done.
00:51 I said I'm an executive.
00:53 I'm a philanthropist.
00:54 I'm a daughter.
00:55 I'm a mother.
00:56 I'm a sister.
00:57 I'm an auntie.
00:58 I'm a friend.
00:59 I'm a niece.
01:00 And allocate.
01:02 The reality is you do not have 110%,
01:05 so tell the truth.
01:07 I only have 100%.
01:09 The reality is that my children do not get 100% of me.
01:13 Tell the truth.
01:14 They probably get about 30%.
01:17 But by understanding this allocation,
01:21 I gave myself permission to respond to market volatility
01:25 and have three Calibrate in my portfolio.