Rather than think about life in balance, think about how you want to integrate your life. If you think of life as integrated, things shift and blend, rather than win or lose – Karen Pierce
Today our conversation is about having it all, successful professional career and loving, nurturing family life. Like me, my guest today, Karen Pierce, had, and still has it all. Her early achievements as a pilot and aerospace engineer, are awesome. In today’s world we hear a lot about overwhelm, and of having to maintain a work-life balance. Karen suggests that striving to balance work and life may not be the right approach.
Aptly for today, we have two motivational quotes
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary” – Legendary American Football Coach, Vince Lombard
“Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile‘ – Franklin P. Jones
Karen Pierce, is an author, speaker, executive coach and consultant. As a businesswoman and pilot ,her career broke new ground for women in the corporate world. Graduating top of her aerospace engineering class, Karen led large teams at leading aerospace firms like Honeywell and Northwest Airlines, searching out new technologies, and implementing multiple 9-figure programs on a worldwide basis. With her family, she spent 16 years in Asia, beginning her own business helping with the growth and success of non-profits and educational institutions in Japan and China. Back in the US, she consults and coaches technology and marketing for both small, high-tech startup businesses and major corporations. Happily married 40 years to the man of her dreams, they raised two amazing men while juggling dynamic careers, and 22 moves-10 internationally.
Karen’s greatest desire is to inspire people to fulfill their purpose and to impact the world and their families for generations to come.
Oprah said famously, that you could have it all, you just couldn’t have it all at the same time. Karen believes you can. For Karen, success is really being about clear about who you are, what you’re created to do. And then being intentional about pursuing that, rather than getting distracted in in moving away from it.
Work life balance is like a seesaw. On one side you have your work, the other side your personal and family life. It takes a lot of work to balance, and then any little blip can cause it to go off balance. If you’re thinking about it as balance, everything has sum to zero. And when you’re playing a zero sum game. It leaves you with nothing. So for Karen, it’s not about work life balance, it’s about blending. It’s about integration. Having it all at the same time, but focusing on what is the priority at any given moment.
TAKEAWAYS:
Compromise, regret, and overwhelm come from sacrificing what is most important to you.
The cure for overwhelm is intentionality because overwhelm a symptom of loss of focus not loss of control.
For everything you say “yes” to, you are also saying “no” to something else. If both requesters were in the room, who would you say “no” to?
Connect with Karen Pierce
Free offer. “How to Say No When You Could, You Should, or You Just Plain Want To! Without guilt, conflict or resentment” https://coach.karenmpierce.com/sayno
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenmpierce/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coachkarenpierce
Email: Concierge@kmpconsultants.com
Website: kmpconsultants.com
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