With so much of the workforce now firmly committed to Leaning In, I thought I might take a few moments to counsel the opposite strategy. I've been pursuing it for decades, and it's worked very well for me. I believe you can Lean Out and still Have It All.
Before we start, let's look at the benefits of Leaning In,
which I would define as aggressive careerism pursued while attempting to be a decent
human being, a terrific parent, and a fully loaded party animal with excellent
relationships at home and abroad. There may be people capable of accomplishing
all that, but early on I determined that I was not one of them. For me, it was
like trying to fit into a pair of pants whose waist size I had outgrown. I
could almost close the thing, but not quite, and portions of me hung out the
sides in a manner both unattractive and uncomfortable.
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