Archives Related Books Anna Cheng Catalano Group Marketing Vice President BP Amoco plc Anna Cheng Catalano has worked for BP Amoco ever since she did a summer marketing internship as a college student. Be realistic about trying to do it all One essential element of balance is to be realistic about how good you're supposed to be.
Society is actually quite unforgiving to women.
Under its requirements, we are led to believe that it's humanly possible to run a household like Mary Poppins and Martha Stewart, run a business like a Fortune 100 CEO, and look like the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine all at the same time. Ladies, let's not kid ourselves, and let's be realistic about this concept of doing it all. There's no such thing as a 50-50 balance all the time The word balance connotes an image of equal weighting. In my experience, I find that there's no such thing as a 50-50 balance all the time. From time to time, it's important to swing the pendulum from one to another, while managing the expectations of both those at work and at home.