Love Your Job Before the Babies Come

For those who missed this New Yorker article about Sheryl Sandberg, I wanted to send it along. Her opinions are powerful and I am fascinated to see women articulating thoughts about the realities for companies when women slow down to care for families.

In particular, I was fascinated by a view I share, which is that if you don't love what you do when your children come, it will be so, so much harder to stay at your job. When my first child arrived, I was long overdue for a career change. Within a year and a half, I took my first course to become a coach and abruptly quit my job after that. Had I only pursued the coaching first, I could have started up my practice with a lot less stress.

Enjoy the article, and please let me know what you think!