The life of a working parent can be hectic, challenging, and exhausting. However, if you follow these simple secret habits, you too can enjoy the lifestyle of hugely successful working parent.
Get Up Early: Since the nanny is carefully watching your spawn all night in the fourth and fifth bedrooms (South Wing) of your home, hugely successful parents wake up early to greet a day filled with opportunity. Take a stroll through your hedge maze in the gentle mist while enjoying a mild blend of jasmine tea at dawn. This helps clear the head of the hugely successful parent and lets you focus on the day ahead.
Exercise: Hugely successful parents take the proper time, at least 30 minutes a day, to take care of themselves. Have Raoul, your personal trainer, meet you at the office for 30 minutes of stretch-ercise, then add in a 90 minute rubdown. Hugely successful parents understand that making time for yourself is key.
Take Time for One on One Contact: Now that the world is so connected, hugely successful parents understand the importance of one-on-one time. Making an authentic connection is imperative. So go and check out the new factory in New Taipei, the finance department in the Cayman Islands, and the company sugar distillery in Jamaica. This personal touch makes all the difference in creating success. The hugely successful parent just tucks the kids in via Skype— it’s as easy as closing your laptop.
Eat Well: Dining out at the world’s finest restaurants is instrumental to the hugely successful parent. Good nutrition meets excellent networking with just a bit of Bourguignonne (Don’t tell Raoul!). Craving a traditional night in? Just order in a guest chef for a perfectly paired, home-cooked meal. Dinner is ready by the time your Tesla is in the driveway.
Office Visits: The workday can be a grind. Have the chauffeur bring your kids to the office and let them meet the staff. Not only will the moppets see how hugely successful you are but this will humanize you to your employees, so you seem less godlike. Don’t worry about a disruption to the workplace, because people know how hugely successful you are and won’t say diddly.
Never Stop Learning: The hugely successful parent is always up for something to enlarge their cranium. Take a watercolors class on the local museum you support or have your man read to you during your evening soak. Be creative. Many hugely successful parents embrace their children’s tutor after bedtime to expand their knowledge of the youth culture.
Parenting doesn’t have to be overwhelming and work/life balance doesn’t remain a mystery. With these six tips, you’ll be happier in no time.